Open AccessExploring the relation between body mass index, diet, and dental caries among 6-12-year-old children
Author(s) -
Abbinaya Elangovan,
Jayanthi Mungara,
Ezeogu Joseph
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.108924
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , obesity , anthropometry , childhood obesity , analysis of variance , demographics , dentistry , demography , environmental health , sociology
Childhood overweight and obesity are becoming a major public health concern all over the world. Change in lifestyles and economic growth have led to sedentary lifestyle and altered dietary patterns. There are conflicting reports in the literature regarding the association between body mass index (BMI) and dental caries from various parts of the world. The aim of the present study was to determine if there is an association between BMI-for-age and dental caries in children and to find out the role of diet with respect to BMI-for-age and dental caries.