Dietary fluoride intake of infants.
The fluoride content of various commercially available food items used in the preparation of the infant diet for the age groups from birth to 6 months has been analyzed and the total daily fluoride intake has been calculated on the basis of these data. The dietary fluoride intake totaled 0.32 mg/day for infants in the age group 1 to 4 weeks, increased in the subsequent months due to increasing food intake, and totaled 1.23 mg for infants 4 to 6 months of age. These fluoride intakes expressed per kilogram of body weight ranged from 0.07 mg/kg in the newborn to 0.16 mg/kg in the 6-month-old infant.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002957:Citrus / Q000032:analysis; D004032:Diet; D005459:Fluorides / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis; D014675:Vegetables / Q000032:analysis; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis
D014867:Water; D005459:Fluorides