Open AccessAre dental caries and overweight/obesity interrelated? A cross-sectional study in rural and urban preschool children
Author(s) -
Bhavika Sharma,
K. R. Indushekar,
Bhavna G Saraf,
Divesh Sardana,
Neha Sheoran,
Sunny Mavi
Publication year - 2019
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/jisppd.jisppd_140_18
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , medicine , obesity , body mass index , cross sectional study , rural area , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Obesity and dental caries are two distinct diseases which are somewhat preventable through a common risk factor approach, as they have common underlying etiological factor, i.e., high sugar intake.