Diet, nutrition and the prevention of dental diseases

Moynihan, Paula; Petersen, Poul Erik

doi:10.1079/phn2003589

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“…A study of 5–6‐year‐olds in Kathmandu Valley found that 69% had dental caries (Subedi et al . 2011), and reduction of sugar intake is an important means to reduce such high caries prevalence (Moynihan & Petersen 2004). …”

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High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Pries

Huffman

Adhikary

et al. 2016

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Commercially produced complementary foods can help improve nutritional status of young children if they are appropriately fortified and of optimal nutrient composition. However, other commercially produced snack food products may be nutritionally detrimental, potentially increasing consumption of foods high in salt or sugar and displacing consumption of other more nutritious options. Helen Keller International, in collaboration with the Nepal government, implemented a study to assess mothers' utilization of commercial food products for child feeding and exposure to commercial promotions for these products. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted among 309 mothers of children less than 24 months of age across 15 health facilities. Utilization of breastmilk substitutes was low, having been consumed by 6.2% of children 0–5 months of age and 7.5% of children 6–23 months of age. Approximately one‐fourth (24.6%) of children 6–23 months age had consumed a commercially produced complementary food in the prior day. Twenty‐eight percent of mothers reported observing a promotion for breastmilk substitutes, and 20.1% reported promotions for commercially produced complementary foods. Consumption of commercially produced snack food products was high at 74.1% of children 6–23 months. Promotions for these same commercially produced snack food products were highly prevalent in Kathmandu Valley, reported by 85.4% of mothers. In order to improve diets during the complementary feeding period, development of national standards for complementary food products is recommended. Nutritious snack options should be promoted for the complementary feeding period; consumption of commercially produced snack food products high in sugar and salt and low in nutrients should be discouraged.

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High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Huffman

Adhikary

et al. 2016

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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“…There was no effect of the school intervention status when controlling for baseline level and socio-economic effects for obvious decay experience. [2] Decay into dentine (D 3cv ) at baseline and 24-month follow-up…”

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Do school break-time policies influence child dental health and snacking behaviours? An evaluation of a primary school programme

Freeman

Oliver²

2009

Br Dent J

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“…Sugars are undoubtedly the most important dietary factor in the development of dental caries (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) and dental caries is the most common chronic disease in the world (9) . Treating caries is responsible for 6-10 % of total health costs, even though there has been a decline in dental caries levels in many countries (10,11) .…”

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A new understanding of the relationship between sugars, dental caries and fluoride use: implications for limits on sugars consumption

Sheiham

James

2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine the quantitative relationship between sugar intake and the progressive development of dental caries. Design: A critical in-depth review of international studies was conducted. Methods included reassessing relevant studies from the most recent systematic review on the relationship between levels of sugars and dental caries. Reanalysis of dose-response relationships between dietary sugars and caries incidence in teeth with different levels of caries susceptibility in children was done using data from Japanese studies conducted by Takeuchi and co-workers. Setting: Global, with emphasis on marked differences in both national sugar intake and fluoride use and preferably where one factor such as sugar intake changed progressively without changes in other factors over a decade or more. Subjects: Children aged 6 years or more and adults. Results: Caries occurred in both resistant and susceptible teeth of children when sugar intakes were only 2-3 % of energy intake, provided that the teeth had been exposed to sugars for > 3 years. Despite increased enamel resistance after tooth eruption, there was a progressive linear increase in caries throughout life, explaining the higher rates of caries in adults than in children. Fluoride affects progression of caries development but there still is a pandemic prevalence of caries in populations worldwide. Conclusions: Previous analyses based on children have misled public health analyses on sugars. The recommendation that sugar intakes should be ≤10 % of energy intake is no longer acceptable. The much greater adult burden of dental caries highlights the need for very low sugar intakes throughout life, e.g. 2-3 % of energy intake, whether or not fluoride intake is optimum.

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Diet, nutrition and the prevention of dental diseases

Abstract: Oral health is related to diet in many ways, for example, nutritional influences on craniofacial development, oral cancer and oral infectious diseases. Dental diseases impact considerably on self-esteem and quality of life and are expensive to treat.

Cited by 651 publications

References 131 publications

High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

High consumption of commercial food products among children less than 24 months of age and product promotion in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Do school break-time policies influence child dental health and snacking behaviours? An evaluation of a primary school programme

A new understanding of the relationship between sugars, dental caries and fluoride use: implications for limits on sugars consumption

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