Sugary Liquids in the Baby Bottle: Risk for Child Undernutrition and Severe Tooth Decay in Rural El Salvador.

ABSTRACT: As communities worldwide shift from consuming traditional diets to more processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), increases in child obesity and tooth decay and persistence of undernutrition are particularly apparent in Latin American countries. Further evidence of shared risk factors between child undernutrition and poor oral health outcomes is needed to structure more effective health interventions for children's nutrition. This study aims to identify dietary, oral health, and sociodemographic risk factors for child undernutrition and severe early childhood caries (sECC) among a convenience sample of 797 caregiver-child pairs from rural Salvadoran communities. Caregiver interviews on child dietary and oral health practices were conducted, and their children's height, weight,

SUBMITTER: Achalu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7795345 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature