Feeding young children during mandatory COVID-19 quarantine in Australia

What we know: The COVID-19 pandemic threw many countries into mandatory quarantines. In such settings, the inadequate provision of suitable foods may compromise young children’s nutrient intakes. What this adds: Even in a high-income country such as Australia, the provision of optimal young child feeding was woefully inadequate, indicating that this is not necessarily a resource issue but rather is symptomatic of a failure to consider and plan for appropriate child feeding in such situations. The lessons presented here are applicable to any environment where parents and caregivers are unable to access food independently, such as seen in protracted or acute crises.