Body mass index, dental caries and sugar intake in 2-5 year-old preschoolers

Abstract

Aim: To determine the association between dental caries, Body Mass Index (BMI) and sugar intake in children attending primary school. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 91 children, with mean age of 3.9 years (sd = ±1.0), considering anthropometric measurements, according to standardized methodology of the Ministry of Health and occurrence of dental caries was recorded from clinical examinations (dmft). The sugar intake level was measured with a questionnaire that was applied to parents/caretakers of the children. The association of the variables was checked using a correlation with the Contingency C coefficient test. Results: 33 (36.3%) children were at risk for overweight, overweight or obese. Of these, 10 (30.3%) had dmft >1. An association was found between sugar added to the bottle and child dmft (coeff. C = 0.5853 and p <0.0001) and also with BMI (coeff. C = 0.5693 and p <0.0001). There was no association between BMI and caries (chisquare = 0.1447 and p-value = 0.7036). Conclusions: It was concluded that there was a correlation between sugar intake and dmft and BMI, but not between caries and BMI.

Oral hygiene and dietary choices of 8-11year-old children with respect to the evidence-based oral health messages (diet and tooth brushing) in 3rd and 4th class children in primary schools in cork, Ireland, and their relationship to BMI taking account

“…They can be indicators for BMI increase. The result of the present study is consistent with the findings of other studies (Martins et al, 2014;Millar et al, 2014). Both studies aimed to assess the relationship between BMI and Sugar intake.…”

Body Mass Index and Dental Caries: A Systematic Review

“…The review presented contradictory reports. While studies conducted by de Jong-Lenters et al, 9 Lempert et al, 10 Sharma et al, 11 Martins et al, 12 Chukwumah et al, 13 Elangovan et al, 14 Cinar and Mur-tomaa, 15 and Pinto et al 16 did not report any association between BMI and dental caries, the studies of Creske et al, 17 Bagherian and Sadeghi, 18 Shahraki et al, 19 Can-tekin et al, 20 Thippeswamy et al, 21 and Willerhausen et al 22 reported a significant association between BMI and dental caries. Studies of Shailee et al 23 and Parkar and Chokshi 24 revealed a negative correlation between Decayed, extracted, filled teeth (deft) and BMI.…”

The prevalence of dental caries among Egyptian children and adolescences and its association with age, socioeconomic status, dietary habits and other risk factors. A cross-sectional study

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