PEDIATRICS Vol. 55 No. 4 April 1975, pp. 517-522
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Dietary Fluoride Intake of Infants

Emilie Wiatrowski B.S.1, Louis Kramer B.S.1, Dace Osis 1, and Herta Spencer M.D.1

1 Metabolic Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois

The fluoride content of various commercially available food items used in the preparation of the infant diet for the age groups from birth to 6 months has been analyzed and the total daily fluoride intake has been calculated on the basis of these data. The dietary fluoride intake totaled 0.32 mg/day for infants in the age group 1 to 4 weeks, increased in the subsequent months due to increasing food intake, and totaled 1.23 mg for infants 4 to 6 months of age. These fluoride intakes expressed per kilogram of body weight ranged from 0.07 mg/kg in the newborn to 0.16 mg/kg in the 6-month-old infant.