2021
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18158159
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Diet, Nutrition, and Oral Health: What Influences Mother’s Decisions on What to Feed Their Young Children?

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to learn about mothers’ experiences with food choices for their pre-school children in underprivileged communities in Greater Western Sydney (GWS). A total of 20 mother-child dyads living in GWS were recruited to a qualitative study from an ongoing birth cohort study. Participants’ houses were visited for semi-structured interviews, which were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically. The interviews yielded five main themes: (i) food choices, nutrition, and health… Show more

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“…First, many studies have limited their assessment of oral health to tooth brushing behaviors. Tooth brushing is an important oral health behavior, yet additional oral health behaviors (e.g., diet, dental utilization) have shown to contribute to overall oral health and well-being (Arora et al, 2021). Oral health self-efficacy may have differing relations, effect strength, or both with a variety of oral health behaviors (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing; Smith et al, 2020) which likely has important implications when attempting to simultaneously target multiple oral health behaviors.…”
Section: Predictive Ability Of Self-efficacy For Oral Health Behaviorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, many studies have limited their assessment of oral health to tooth brushing behaviors. Tooth brushing is an important oral health behavior, yet additional oral health behaviors (e.g., diet, dental utilization) have shown to contribute to overall oral health and well-being (Arora et al, 2021). Oral health self-efficacy may have differing relations, effect strength, or both with a variety of oral health behaviors (e.g., tooth brushing, flossing; Smith et al, 2020) which likely has important implications when attempting to simultaneously target multiple oral health behaviors.…”
Section: Predictive Ability Of Self-efficacy For Oral Health Behaviorsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the child level, dietary sugars are metabolized by oral cariogenic bacteria to create acid which demineralizes the teeth, particularly with frequent and prolonged sugar exposure and inadequate toothbrushing habits [23][24][25]. Early childhood diet and oral health are shaped by many family factors as well as social and commercial determinants of health, including education and socioeconomic conditions, and marketing and access to healthy versus caries-causing foods and beverages, oral hygiene products, and dental care [26][27][28][29].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 As children learn and adopt health behaviours from their parents. 2,3 more time in routine caregiving activities with their children and are most often the primary source of physical comfort and safety for the child. 5 Mothers' health behaviour is mostly influenced by their knowledge, literacy, beliefs, culture and background.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5 Mothers' health behaviour is mostly influenced by their knowledge, literacy, beliefs, culture and background. 3 Their oral health knowledge, behaviour, and perceptions are necessary for preventing dental diseases in children, while dental fear can avoid visits to the dentist and ignore routine dental check-ups for their children. 6 Dental caries is considered the primary marker of children's oral health, whereas dental visits as a marker of care.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%