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Nevin Aktas, Ankara University arly childhood development is the physical, mental and social development during the early years of life and consists of various interventions such as nutrition, health, mental and social development promotion (Özmert, 2005). Childhood is one of the most formative periods in human development. Foundations for every single behavioral habit are strengthened at this stage of development, which is mostly characterized by learning. Within their internal world of social learning children profile their norms and values by adopting behavioral models from their surroundings by reacting to operant and classical conditioning, as well as by being motivated intrinsically and extrinsically. Next to family, social institutions such as kindergartens and schools act as an important sphere for living and learning. Concrete situations are incorporated into the set of experiences, and future action is based on this set of experiences. Thus, the basis for healthy nutritional behavior in later years is set in childhood (Wagner, Meusel and Kirch, 2005). Consumption of a healthy diet by young children is essential to provide for normal growth and development and to prevent a variety of nutrition-related health problems, such as anemia, growth retardation, malnutrition, compromised cognitive achievement,