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Splash!: a Prospective Birth Cohort Study of the Impact of Environmental, Social and Family-level Influences on Child Oral Health and Obesity Related Risk Factors and Outcomes by Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski; Elizabeth Waters; Hanny Calache; Michael Smith; Lisa Gold; Mark Gussy; Anthony Scott; Kathleen Lacy; Monica Virgo-Milton is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background Dental caries (decay) is the most prevalent disease of childhood. It is often left untreated and can impact negatively on general health, and physical, developmental, social and learning outcomes. Similar to other health issues, the greatest burden of dental caries is seen in those of low socio-economic position. In addition, a number of diet-related risk factors for dental caries are shared risk factors for the development of childhood obesity. These include high and frequent consumption of refined carbohydrates (predominately sugars), and soft drinks and other sweetened beverages, and low intake of (fluoridated) water. The prevalence of childhood obesity is also at a concerning level in most countries and there is an opportunity to determine interventions for addressing both of these largely preventable conditions through sustainable and equitable solutions. This study aims to prospectively examine the impact of drink choices on child obesity risk and oral health status. ## Methods/Design This is a two-stage study using a mixed methods research approach. The first stage involves qualitative interviews of a sub-sample of recruited parents to develop an understanding

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Author

Andrea M de Silva-Sanigorski; Elizabeth Waters; Hanny Calache; Michael Smith; Lisa Gold; Mark Gussy; Anthony Scott; Kathleen Lacy; Monica Virgo-Milton

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2458)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)