Body mass index (BMI) and dental caries in 5‐year‐old children from southern Sweden

Abstract

Children with low BMI may be at risk of caries development. Low BMI may be associated with eating habits endangering dental health.

Relationship between Body mass Index, Dental caries and Socioeconomic Status in a Population of 4-14 year Old Children in Udaipur City.

“…This result were similar to the study done by Olivera et al, 13 Norberg et al, 2 Bahuguna et al, 11 Cameron et at, 14 and Benzian et al 15 This can be attributed to the fact that if a child is a fussy eater and underweight, parents may coerce the child to eat or offer tempting food high in carbohydrates to make sure that the child eats thus increasing risk of dental caries.…”

“…Height was measured to the nearest 0.1 cm using a stadiometer. For calculation of BMI the following formula was used: -Weight in kg/ (height in meters) 2 . The children were then classified into four categories using age and gender specific criteria recommended by Center for disease Control and prevention.…”

“…1 According to WHO estimates, more than one billion people are overweight worldwide of whom almost 300 million are obese. 2 Until recently, childhood obesity was considered a problem of the affluent countries, but today the problem is starting to appear even in developing countries. 3 One of the adverse health consequences of pediatric overweight is metabolic syndrome.…”

Caries dental en niños de 0-5 años del municipio de Andes, Colombia. Evaluación mediante el sistema internacional de detección y valoración de caries - ICDAS

“…En Colombia se han reportado cifras variables, llegando a afectar más de tres cuartas partes de los niños y niñas evaluados en algunos de estos estudios [4][5][6][7], con diferentes niveles de severidad. Este problema de salud bucal es motivo de preocupación, por cuanto se tiene evidencia de que compromete el bienestar, la calidad de vida y el adecuado crecimiento y desarrollo de niños y niñas [8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

A Study to Explore the Relationship between Dental Caries and Weight of the Slum Living Children in Dhaka

“…This linear inverse relationship was found in an Australian longitudinal study 27 . Furthermore, a Swedish study 28 showed the relationship between different categories of BMI and untreated caries. This unavoidable relationship is confounded by a lot of conditions.…”