RT  - Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
ID  - 10.17796/jcpd.34.1.17364206hqm0477h
T1  - Relationship between Body Mass Index, Caries Experience and Dietary Preferences in Children
A1  - Akhilesh Sharma
A1  - Amitha M Hegde
K1  - Body mass index
K1  - Caries
K1  - Obesity
K1  - Sweet and fatty food preferences
YR  - 2009
SP  - 49
AB  - <p>Dental caries and childhood obesity epidemics are multifactorial complex disease and children's dietary pattern is a common underlying etiologic factor in their causation. <strong>Materials:</strong> Five hundred children belonging to the age group of 8-12 years of both sexes were studied. In all of them BMI, dietary preferences to sweet and fatty food snacks and caries experience was determined. The results were subjected to statistical analysis using prevalence test, ANOVA test and chi-square test. <strong>Results:</strong> We found that children with obesity and overweight had increased prevalence of dental caries in both primary and permanent dentition compared to normal weight children, which was statistically significant. In addition obese and overweight children had frequent preference to sweet and fatty food snacks compared to children with normal weight.</p>