Journal article
The Contribution of Dietary Factors to Dental Caries and Disparities in Caries
Academic pediatrics, Vol.9(6), pp.410-414
11/01/2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.008
PMCID: PMC2862385
PMID: 19945075
Abstract
Frequent consumption of simple carbohydrates, primarily in the form of dietary sugars, is significantly associated with increased dental caries risk. Malnutrition (undernutrition or overnutrition) in children is often a consequence of inappropriate infant and childhood feeding practices and dietary behaviors associated with limited access to fresh, nutrient dense foods, substituting instead high-energy, low-cost, nutrient-poor sugary and fatty foods. Lack of availability of quality food stores in rural and poor neighborhoods, food insecurity, and changing dietary beliefs resulting from acculturation, including changes in traditional ethnic eating behaviors, can further deter healthful eating and increase risk for early childhood caries and obesity.
America is witnessing substantial increases in children and ethnic minorities living in poverty, widening the gap in oral health disparities noted in Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Dental and other care providers can educate and counsel pregnant women, parents, and families to promote healthy eating behaviors and should advocate for governmental policies and programs that decrease parental financial and educational barriers to achieving healthy diets. For families living in poverty, however, greater efforts are needed to facilitate access to affordable healthy foods, particularly in urban and rural neighborhoods, to effect positive changes in children's diets and advance the oral components of general health.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Contribution of Dietary Factors to Dental Caries and Disparities in Caries
- Creators
- Connie Mobley - University of Nevada, Las VegasTeresa A. Marshall - University of Nevada, Las VegasPeter Milgrom - University of Nevada, Las VegasSusan E. Coldwell - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Academic pediatrics, Vol.9(6), pp.410-414
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.acap.2009.09.008
- PMID
- 19945075
- PMCID
- PMC2862385
- ISSN
- 1876-2859
- eISSN
- 1876-2867
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- U54DE019346 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) U54 DE019346-01; U54 DE019346; U54 DE014254; U54 DE014254-07 / NIDCR NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) U54DE014254 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL &CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984367729402771
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