Food and nutrient intakes of 9-month-old infants in Adelaide, Australia.

Objective: To describe the food and nutrient intakes of 9-month-old infants.

Design: A survey undertaken as part of a longitudinal study of child growth and development. Infant diet was characterised through a structured interview in which consumption frequency and portion size of foods were obtained.

Mothers' views on feeding infants around the time of weaning.

Objective: To describe women's views about aspects of infants' diets around the time of weaning, making comparisons with national guidelines.

Design: A survey of women with a 9-month-old child.

Setting: Adelaide, South Australia.

Sugar-starch combinations in food and the relationship to dental caries in low-risk adolescents.

The aim of this 2-year prospective cohort study was to determine whether food-level sugar-starch combinations are predictors of dental caries in a low-risk adolescent population. A total of 645 subjects, aged 12-13 yr at baseline, were recruited from 25 secondary colleges in the north-west region of metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. Examinations to record dental caries status were conducted annually.