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Impact of problematic eating behaviour and parental feeding styles on early childhood caries
Author(s) -
Nembhwani Harsha V.,
Winnier Jasmin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/ipd.12628
Subject(s) - overeating , medicine , emotional eating , eating behavior , feeding behavior , healthy eating , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , pediatrics , psychology , obesity , physical activity , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Background Eating behaviour in childhood has been implicated in development of early childhood caries. Parenting feeding styles can also contribute to development of various eating behaviours. Aim To evaluate relationship between children's eating behaviour and parental feeding styles with ECC in preschool children. Design A case‐control study was conducted in 440 children who were selected and divided into 2 groups: Group A—children with ECC and Group B—children without ECC. Dental caries was recorded using dmft index. The parents of children in both groups were requested to complete the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) and Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire (PFQ). Results There was positive association of food avoidance subscales of CEBQ (Satiety Responsiveness, Food Fussiness, Slowness in Eating, and Emotional Undereating) along with certain food‐approaching subscales (Desire to Drink and Emotional Overeating) with dental caries status. It was also seen that parental feeding patterns such as Encouragement and Instrumental feeding contributed to decrease in dental caries of the child when compared to Control and Emotional feeding. Conclusion Certain eating and feeding behaviours can possibly be associated with development of ECC, such behaviours can be successfully identified using CEBQ and PFQ.