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To me, 1600 to 1700 calories seems like enough for an adult - how do kids compare? Maybe my example above adds to that. I'd ask the daycare people to not let him have more than one portion - maybe send in a vegetable snack to add if he's really hungry. 
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As an adult, I eat about 1500-1600 to maintain my weight of 120...but seems like kids burn a lot more calories that us adults.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/317675-recommended-daily-calories-for-a-seven-year-old/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 gives an estimate for children's caloric requirements based on gender and activity level. A 7-year-old sedentary girl would need 1,200 to 1,400 calories compared to the 1,400 to 1,600 requirement for a moderately active girl. Eighteen hundred calories is the max recommended for active girls. The guidelines for sedentary and moderately active 7-year-old boys are the same as for girls. An active boy should get between 1,600 and 2,000 calories per day.
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