title: Dietary habits related to caries development and immigrant status in infants and toddlers living in Sweden.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the dietary habits of infants and toddlers living in Sweden with special reference to caries prevalence at 2 and 3 years of age and to immigrant status. The study was designed as a prospective, longitudinal study starting with 671 children aged 1 year. At 3 years, all children were invited to a further examination. A total of 298 individuals, randomly selected from the original group, were also examined at 2 years. The accompanying parent was interviewed about the child's dietary habits. Children with caries at 2 and 3 years of age and immigrant children had, when they were 1 year old, consumed caries-risk products and been given nocturnal meals and sweetened liquid in a feeding bottle more often than caries-free 2- and 3-year-olds and non-immigrant children. Although a great variation in dietary habits was found in infants and toddlers, the use of sugar-containing products is widespread in Sweden even in early childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dental Care, County of Jönköping, Norrahammar, Sweden.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Wendt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birkhed
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004435:Eating; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010290:Parents; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose