Journal article
Nutrition and oral health in early childhood: Associations with formal and informal childcare
L Carpenter, L Gibbs, A Magarey, S Dashper, M Gussy, H Calache
Public Health Nutrition | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021
Abstract
Objective: To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators. Design: Cross-sectional data extracted from a longitudinal birth cohort. Parent-completed FFQ and questions regarding oral health and childcare use. The associations between childcare type, classified into four groups: parent care only (PCO), formal childcare only (FCO), informal childcare only (ICO) or combination of care (F&I), and nutrition and oral health indicators were examined. Setting: Home and childcare. Participants: Families with children aged 3 years (n 273) and 4 years (n 249) in Victoria, Australia. Results: No associations were observed between childcare type and core food/bever..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support for this research came from The National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant APP425829), The Financial Markets Foundation for Children (Project Grant 2011-161) and the Victorian Government Department of Education and Training. Additional salary support was received from The Jack Brockhoff Foundation. In-kind support was received from La Trobe University and the Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre. L.C. was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship (GNT109370). Funders had no role in the design, analysis or writing of this article. Conflict of interest: There are no conflicts of interest.