scholarly journals Report from a symposium on accelerating policy-driven action against excessive sugar consumption for the prevention of early childhood caries and noncommunicable diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 305 ◽  
Author(s):  
OmP Kharbanda ◽  
Paula Moynihan ◽  
Harsh Priya ◽  
Anupama Ivaturi ◽  
Arpit Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Childhood Caries

scholarly journals Association Between Early Childhood Caries And Malnutrition In A Sub-Urban Population In Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Olujide Arije ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole ◽  
Mary Obiyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Risk Indicator ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Background : To determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria. Methods : This study is a secondary analysis of a larger cross-sectional data generated through a household survey. Variables (sex, frequency of sugar consumption, maternal knowledge of oral hygiene, oral hygiene status) associated with ECC in the primary study conducted in the Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were adjusted for in the models. We used Poisson regression analysis to determine the association between ECC and malnutrition (stunting, overweight and underweight). We reported the adjusted prevalence ratio (APR). Results: Of the 370 children, 20 (5.41%) were underweight, 20 (5.41%) were overweight, 67 (18.11%) were wasting, 120 (32.43%) were stunted and 18 (4.86%) had ECC. Factors associated with ECC were being stunted, underweight, overweight and fair oral hygiene. The prevalence of ECC was lower in children who were stunted (APR: 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03-0.69; p=0.02), almost seven times higher in children who were overweight (APR: 6.88; 95% CI: 1.83-25.85; p<0.001), and predictively absent in children who were underweight (APR: 0; 95% CI: 0-0; p<0.001) when compared with children who had normal weight. Non-significant risk indicators for ECC included consuming sugar between meals three times a day or more, having low socioeconomic status and being female. Conclusions : For this study population, the indicators of malnutrition – being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC, while the frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator. Further studies are needed to identify if there are other mediators of associations between ECC and nutrition status apart from sugar consumption.

scholarly journals Association Between Early Childhood Caries And Malnutrition In A Sub-Urban Population In Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Olujide Arije ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole ◽  
Mary Obiyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Risk Indicator ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Background: To determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of a larger cross-sectional data generated through a household survey. Variables (sex, frequency of sugar consumption, maternal knowledge of oral hygiene, oral hygiene status) associated with ECC in the primary study conducted in the Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were adjusted for in the models. We used Poisson regression analysis to determine the association between ECC and malnutrition (stunting, overweight and underweight). We reported the adjusted prevalence ratio (APR). Results: Of the 370 children, 20 (5.41%) were underweight, 20 (5.41%) were overweight, 67 (18.11%) were wasting, 120 (32.43%) were stunted and 18 (4.86%) had ECC. Factors associated with ECC were being stunted, underweight, overweight and fair oral hygiene. The prevalence of ECC was lower in children who were stunted (APR: 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03-0.69; p=0.02), almost seven times higher in children who were overweight (APR: 6.88; 95% CI: 1.83-25.85; p<0.001), and predictively absent in children who were underweight (APR: 0; 95% CI: 0-0; p<0.001) when compared with children who had normal weight. Non-significant risk indicators for ECC included consuming sugar between meals three times a day or more, having low socioeconomic status and being female. Conclusions: For this study population, the indicators of malnutrition – being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC, while the frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator. Further studies are needed to identify if there are other mediators of associations between ECC and nutrition status apart from sugar consumption.

scholarly journals Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Olujide Arije ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole ◽  
Mary Obiyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Background To determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria. Methods This study was a subset of a larger cross-sectional study the data of which was generated through a household survey conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study’s explanatory variable was malnutrition (underweight, overweight, wasting and stunting) and the outcome variable was ECC. Poisson regression analysis was used to determine the association between ECC and malnutrition. Variables (sex, frequency of sugar consumption, maternal knowledge of oral hygiene, oral hygiene status) associated with ECC in the primary study were adjusted for to obtain the adjusted prevalence ratio (APR). Results Of the 370 children, 20 (5.41%) were underweight, 20 (5.41%) were overweight, 67 (18.11%) were wasting, 120 (32.43%) were stunted and 18 (4.86%) had ECC. Factors associated with ECC were being stunted, underweight, overweight and fair oral hygiene. The prevalence of ECC was lower in children who were stunted (APR: 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03–0.69; p = 0.02), almost seven times higher in children who were overweight (APR: 6.88; 95% CI: 1.83–25.85; p < 0.001), and predictively absent in children who were underweight (APR: 0; 95% CI: 0–0; p < 0.001) when compared with children who had normal weight. Non-significant risk indicators for ECC included consuming sugar between meals three times a day or more, having low socioeconomic status and being female. Conclusions For this study population, the indicators of malnutrition – being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC. The frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator when malnutrition was included as an explanatory variable for ECC in the study population.

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION BETWEEN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES AND MALNUTRITION IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ◽  
Olujide Arije ◽  
Maha El Tantawi ◽  
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole ◽  
Mary Obiyan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Risk Indicator ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Background To determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in preschool children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria. Methods This is a secondary analysis of a cross sectional study with data generated through a household setting. Variables (sex, frequency of sugar consumption, maternal knowledge of oral hygiene, oral hygiene status) associated with ECC in a primary study conducted in the Ile-Ife, Nigeria, were adjusted for using Poisson regression analysis. Results Of the 370 pre-school children, 20 (5.4%) were underweight, 20 (5.4%) were overweight, 67 (18.1%) were wasting, and 120 (32.4%) were stunted. Factors associated positively or negatively with ECC were stunted, underweight, overweight and fair oral hygiene. The prevalence of ECC was lower in children who were stunted (APR: 0.16), almost seven times higher in children who were overweight (APR: 6.88), and predictively absent in children who were underweight (APR: 0) when compared with children who had normal weight. Non-significant risk indicators for ECC included consuming sugar between meals three times a day or more (APR: 2.18), having low socioeconomic status (APR: 2.4) and being female (APR: 2.9). Conclusions For this study population, the indicators of malnutrition – being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC, while the frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator. Further studies are needed to identify if there are other mediators of an association between ECC and nutrition apart from sugar consumption.

Overweight, obese, underweight, and frequency of sugar consumption as risk indicators for early childhood caries in Brazilian preschool children

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 532-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Claudia Costa Ribeiro ◽  
Mariana Carvalho Batista da Silva ◽  
Ana Margarida Melo Nunes ◽  
Erika Bárbara de Abreu Fonseca Thomaz ◽  
Cadidja Dayane Sousa Carmo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Sugar Consumption ◽  
Childhood Caries
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