Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2018 Mar;19(1):5. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2018.19.01.01.
For some years now, the WHO has recommended less than 10% of energy intake from free sugars. The same document also stresses the need to bring this limit below 5% as soon as possible. These guidelines have been promoted with the aim of reducing the prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome. At the same time, the reduction of free sugars in the diet can be part of a strategy to reduce the prevalence of caries, which is known to be an infectious and transmissible multifactorial disease known to be "triggered" by wrong dietary habits. For this reason, paediatricians and paediatric dentists should combine their efforts to promote good eating habits from an early age and perhaps even earlier! In fact, we should teach future mothers and their children to prefer slowly absorbed sugars and drastically reduce the intake of free sugars with the diet. As soon as the child is able to chew, the diet should include fibre-rich foods, and water should be preferred over any sweetened drink. Raising children with a healthy and balanced diet means investing in his or her long-term general health and offer a dental future free of caries!
多年来，世界卫生组织建议将来自游离糖的能量摄入量控制在 10%以下。同一文件还强调需要尽快将这一限制降低到 5%以下。这些指南的推广旨在减少糖尿病、心血管疾病、肥胖症和代谢综合征等慢性非传染性疾病的流行。同时，减少饮食中的游离糖可以作为减少龋齿流行的策略的一部分，众所周知，龋齿是一种传染性和可传播的多因素疾病，已知“由”不良饮食习惯“引发”。因此，儿科医生和儿童牙医应该共同努力，从早期甚至更早开始促进良好的饮食习惯！事实上，我们应该教导未来的母亲及其子女偏爱吸收缓慢的糖，并通过饮食大幅减少游离糖的摄入量。一旦孩子能够咀嚼，饮食中就应包括富含纤维的食物，应优先选择水而不是任何加糖饮料。用健康均衡的饮食养育孩子意味着投资于他或她的长期整体健康，并为孩子提供一个没有龋齿的未来！
