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. 2012 Oct;112(10):1539-42.
doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.010.

MySmileBuddy: an iPad-based interactive program to assess dietary risk for early childhood caries

June Levine  1 , Randi L Wolf, Courtney Chinn, Burton L Edelstein
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MySmileBuddy: an iPad-based interactive program to assess dietary risk for early childhood caries

June Levine et al. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Oct.
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Figure 1
MySmileBuddy Dietary Recall Funcion Tool
Figure 2
Figure 2
Example of a MySmileBuddy Dietary Recall Functiona aWeighting method of sample dietary recall function from four year old Hispanic girl. Circled weights indicate a “risky” eating occurrence with an average weight ≥ 3 for that eating occasion. There are four total “risky” occurences for the day.
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