Panwar N K, Mohan A, Arora R, Gupta A, Marya C M, Dhingra S
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, IDST Dental College and hospital, Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh.
Department of Physiology, MAMC Medical College, New Delhi.
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2014 Jan-Mar;12(45):26-31. doi: 10.3126/kumj.v12i1.13629.
The future health of individuals depends on the well being of the children of today. Proper nutrition for children is very important. The most commonly used index of obesity and over weight is Body Mass Index. The growth of children should be monitored using the Body Mass Index (BMI) and risk factors assessed through a dietary and physical activity history. The increase in obesity is attributed to increased carbohydrate consumption among children. Obesity and caries are both diet-based conditions that share a cause that is, excessive ingestion of fermentable carbohydrates.
This study was undertaken to determine the association of nutritional status with dental caries in 8 to 12 year old children of Udaipur city.
The present study was conducted on a random sample of 1000 boys and girls, aged 8-12 years. The children were selected from schools located in the Udaipur City, Rajasthan. The schools examined were of government and private sector schools in Udaipur city. The children from schools of Udaipur city was taken in the study with male, female and age group ratio as per distribution in population. A proforma was used to record children's age, gender, school, year, height, weight, parental income and dental caries status. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS Version 15; Chicago Inc., USA).
It was found that caries free individuals were more from normal nutritional status group with 134 (13.4 %) subjects where as only 11 (1.1 %) of subjects obese children were found caries free.
Study shows that the children with normal BMI for age had more caries in their primary teeth, as well as in their permanent teeth, than the overweight children.
个人未来的健康取决于当今儿童的健康状况。儿童的适当营养非常重要。最常用的肥胖和超重指标是体重指数。应使用体重指数(BMI)监测儿童的生长情况,并通过饮食和体育活动史评估风险因素。肥胖率的上升归因于儿童碳水化合物摄入量的增加。肥胖和龋齿都是基于饮食的状况,有一个共同的原因,即过量摄入可发酵碳水化合物。
本研究旨在确定乌代布尔市8至12岁儿童的营养状况与龋齿之间的关联。
本研究对1000名8至12岁的男孩和女孩进行了随机抽样。这些儿童选自拉贾斯坦邦乌代布尔市的学校。所检查的学校包括乌代布尔市的公立和私立学校。根据人口分布,按照男女和年龄组比例选取乌代布尔市学校的儿童参与研究。使用一份表格记录儿童的年龄、性别、学校、年级、身高、体重、父母收入和龋齿状况。使用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS版本15;美国芝加哥公司)进行统计分析。
发现营养状况正常组中无龋齿的个体较多,有134名(13.4%),而肥胖儿童中只有11名(1.1%)无龋齿。
研究表明,与超重儿童相比,年龄别BMI正常的儿童乳牙和恒牙的龋齿更多。