Open AccessProblematic eating and its association with early childhood caries among 46-71-month-old children using Children′s Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ): A cross sectional study
Author(s) -
Latha Anandakrishna,
Neha Bhargav,
Amitha M Hegde,
Prakash Chandra,
Dhananjaya Gaviappa,
Ashmitha Kishan Shetty
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.147101
Subject(s) - neophobia , medicine , context (archaeology) , cross sectional study , pediatrics , anorexia , eating behavior , demography , psychiatry , obesity , paleontology , pathology , biology , sociology
Problematic eating behavior in children presents a wide spectrum from anorexia, selective eating, and fussy eating to neophobia. Pouching of food and slow eating represents eating behavioral problems that may be relevant to pediatric dentist as far as early childhood caries (ECC) is concerned.