Debilitating Juvenile Skeletal Fluorosis is a recent phenomenon in India. Why could it be happening? In this Highlight, the author unveils this problem and attributes its main cause to mother and child malnutrition apart from unsafe water. The answer
to this problem lies in addressing malnutrition problem of the mother and child along with provision of safe fluoride-free water. Since traditional dietary patterns are not satisfying nutritional needs and therefore leading to this problem; suggestions ask for changes to such dietary patterns. Also, there is a call for external interventions such as fortification and supplementation to enhance nutritional intake in fluoride affected areas. Problems such as juvenile fluorosis are symptomatic of deeper problems that are hidden beneath the surface. Before generational changes occur, the suggestions prescribed need to be urgently acted upon.
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