Integrative analysis of the oral microbiome of American Indian infants and the impact of a childhood obesity-prevention home visiting program on early childhood caries


 
The project goal is to assess the Family Spirit Nurture program, an early childhood obesity prevention randomized controlled trial, that delivers education-based intervention focusing on infant feeding practice and reduction of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, as an early childhood caries preventive strategy by characterizing the oral microbiome and metabolome of participating Navajo infants and to evaluate its impact on early childhood caries outcomes.