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My kiddo is 17 months. She sits in her high chair for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Snacks however, are on the go. I try to offer her small snacks throughout the day, and she'll also sign for more when she's hungry. I'll offer a couple apple slices, a cheese stick or piece of cheese, a few pieces of a mandarin orange, a few cherios or goldfish in a snack trap, a graham cracker, a few bites of yogurt (she does have to sit for this one), a small piece of bread or toast, a few pecans, a piece of banana, etc. I pretty much let her run around with the food, but she's also usually a pretty neat eater.

I feel like it's really important to resist the toddler pull toward all-day grazing. It's a terrible habit - for their teeth, for nutrition, for developing the ability to appreciate a meal, etc. It can be tough though. I would try to encourage her to eat more during meal/snack time if possible, and then later when she melts down from hunger you can offer her the leftovers from earlier but do insist that she sit down in her chair while she eats.

A lot of the time when DD says she isn't hungry, if I can get her to sit down and I put something she really loves directly in front of her face, then she suddenly realizes she's hungry after all.

We just don't make it an option. They have to sit in the high chair for meals and snacks and if they're running from a table, back into the high chair.

@Dahlia: same as PP. The only option for meals and most snacks is highchair. We just don't give in. If he got up that meant meal was over, not that the meal followed him. It's hard! But now at 2.4 he just knows and doesn't fight it. He gets excited when they bring his highchair at a restaurant.