Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2021 Apr-Jun;39(2):171-177. doi: 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_104_21.
Parents can affect their children's diet by making some food components more accessible. Food choice motives and attitudes of the parents toward sugary food may influence children's diet.
The aim of the study is to investigate the association of parental food choice motives, attitudes toward sugar consumption, and dietary sugar exposure with early childhood caries (ECC).
This case-control study involved 200 children, aged 3-5 years with an equal number of cases (with ECC) and controls (without ECC), based on the WHO-decay-missing-filled teeth index criteria for dental caries.
The data for parental food choice motives and attitudes toward sugar consumption were obtained using questionnaire answered by their parents, and the dietary sugar exposure was calculated using a 24 h diet chart. Data were analyzed with multiple logistic regression.
Most parents (99.5%) considered "maintaining health and nutrition" as an important criterion, above 85% parents thought "mood of the child," "child likes and dislikes," "sensory appeal of the food item," "natural foods," "quality of the food," and "weight control" criteria important while selecting food items, with no significant difference between cases and controls. About 61% of the cases considered buying food based on convenience is important, as compared to 47% controls, and the difference was significant. Cases and controls did not differ in attitudes toward sugar consumption. Sugar exposure was significantly higher among the cases.
High dietary sugar exposure is associated with ECC. Parents of children with ECC are likely to buy foods for their children based on convenience and availability.
父母可以通过使某些食物成分更容易获得来影响孩子的饮食。父母对含糖食物的选择动机和态度可能会影响孩子的饮食。
本研究旨在调查父母食物选择动机、对糖消费的态度以及饮食中糖的暴露与幼儿龋（ECC）的相关性。
本病例对照研究纳入了 200 名年龄在 3-5 岁的儿童，根据世界卫生组织的龋齿缺失补牙指数标准，将他们分为病例组（有 ECC）和对照组（无 ECC），各 100 名。
通过父母回答问卷获得父母食物选择动机和对糖消费态度的数据，并使用 24 小时饮食图表计算饮食中糖的暴露量。采用多因素逻辑回归进行数据分析。
大多数父母（99.5%）认为“保持健康和营养”是一个重要标准，超过 85%的父母认为“孩子的情绪”、“孩子的喜欢和不喜欢”、“食物的感官吸引力”、“天然食物”、“食物的质量”和“体重控制”标准重要，病例组和对照组之间没有显著差异。约 61%的病例组认为购买方便的食物很重要，而对照组为 47%，差异有统计学意义。病例组和对照组对糖的态度没有差异。病例组的糖暴露量明显较高。
高饮食糖暴露与 ECC 相关。患有 ECC 的儿童的父母更有可能根据便利性和可用性为孩子购买食物。
