Dental caries and childhood obesity: roles of diet and socioeconomic status

Marshall, Teresa A.; Eichenberger-Gilmore, Julie M.; Broffitt, Barbara; Warren, John J.; Levy, Steven M.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00353.x

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“…5,[8][9][10]15,19,[22][23][24]27,29,33,36,40,41 Eight studies included adjustments for age and sex, 6,19,23,27,29,33,36,41 two only for sex, 15,22 and fi ve for consumption of any type of food, such as soft drinks, 10,24 fruits or snacks between meals, 10 "fast food", 10 and milk, 9 as well as daily sugar consumption 19 and "snack" consumption more than three times a day. 29 Among the 28 articles, 13 were considered to have good scientifi c evidence according to the criteria of Downs & Black.…”

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Obesity and dental caries: systematic review

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OBJECTIVE Identifying, through a systematic literature review, evidence of a possible association between obesity and dental caries. METHODS A search of articles published between 2005 and January 2012 was performed in the Medline/PubMed, LILACS and Web of Science databases. The quality of scientific evidence of the selected articles was assessed by the items proposed for observational studies in the Downs & Black instrument. RESULTS Initially, 537 references were found; after checking the titles and abstracts by two independent researchers, twenty-eight articles were selected for complete reading. Ten of them that assessed the primary and/or permanent dentition observed a positive association between obesity and dental caries and one study found an inverse association. According to the Downs & Black classification, thirteen articles with good scientific evidence were found. CONCLUSIONS The present review did not find sufficient evidence regarding the association between obesity and dental caries, and it did not clarify the possible role of diet and other possible effect modifiers on this association.

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Obesity and dental caries: systematic review

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“…102 A recent study of 427 children in the Iowa Fluoride Study found a positive association between obesity and caries in those from families of low socio-economic status. 103 However, regardless of obesity, low socio-economic status is a known caries risk factor. 32,104 Intake of sweet drinks as a component of caries risk assessment in children…”

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Contemporary fluid intake and dental caries in Australian children

Messer

2011

Australian Dental Journal

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In Australia, caries experience of 6-year-old and 12-year-old children has increased since the mid to late 1990s. Previously, caries rates had declined, attributable to community water fluoridation. The recent caries increase has been attributed speculatively to changes in fluid intake, including increased consumption of sweet drinks and bottled waters. Increasing urbanization and globalization have altered children's diets worldwide, promoting availability and access to processed foods and sweet drinks. Studies in Australia and internationally have demonstrated significant associations between sweet drink intake and caries experience. Despite widespread fluoride availability in contemporary Australian society, the relationship between sugar consumption and caries development continues and restricting sugar intake remains key to caries prevention. Caries risk assessment should be included in treatment planning for all children; parents should be advised of their child's risk level and given information on oral health promotion. Readily-implemented caries risk assessment tools applicable to parents and clinicians are now available. Public health information should increase awareness that consuming sweet drinks can have deleterious effects on the dentition as well as the potential for promoting systemic disease. Restricting sales of sweet drinks and sweet foods and providing healthy food and drinks for purchase in schools is paramount.

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“…In addition, Werner et al (2012) reported an association between obesity and caries in the primary teeth but did not explain why obese/overweight children had fewer caries. Studies have found dental caries and obesity coexisting among children with low family income (Marshall et al, 2007) and that those having high dental caries experience and high BMI are found to share similar behavioral practices (Cinar and Murtomaa, 2011). These findings might be an explanation for the association between dental caries and obesity.…”

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Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

Elkhodary¹,

Farsi²,

Merdad³

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J. Dent. Oral Hyg.

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There is increasing interest in investigating the association between dental caries and childhood obesity, particularly among preschoolers where the evidence is limited. We aimed to measure the prevalence of obesity/overweight among preschool children aged 3 to 6 years, and to determine the relationship between obesity and dental caries in the primary dentition. A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight public and private preschools using a multi-stage stratified sample of 820 children. Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) measurements were obtained. Caries was assessed using the National Institute of Dental Research's decayed, missed or filled score (dmft). Based on BMI, 15% of children were obese and 10% were overweight. Based on WC, 13% of children were obese. The prevalence of obesity/overweight based on BMI was significantly higher among girls (p-value=0.014) and private preschools (p-value<0.001). Based on BMI, obese and overweight children had lower dmft scores than underweight and normal children (p-value<0.001). Based on WC, obese children had lower dmft scores than non-obese children (p-value<0.001). Obesity prevalence was high, particularly among girls and private preschool children. Caries activity was lower in overweight and obese children. Longitudinal studies are essential to investigate the association between caries and obesity in preschool children.

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Dental caries and childhood obesity: roles of diet and socioeconomic status

Abstract: Caries and obesity coexist in children of low socioeconomic status. Public health measures to improve dietary education and access to appropriate foodstuffs could decrease the risk of both diseases.

Cited by 183 publications

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Obesity and dental caries: systematic review

Obesity and dental caries: systematic review

Contemporary fluid intake and dental caries in Australian children

Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

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