Frayna Camille, Devantier Christoffer, Harris Braden, Kingsley Karl, Polanski Joshua M
Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, 1700 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, 1700 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Dent J (Basel). 2021 Aug 9;9(8):93. doi: 10.3390/dj9080093.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) were developed to reduce or prevent many types of chronic illness, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Healthcare provider recommendations may be influenced by understanding of and adherence to the DGA, which may be incorporated into provider training, medical and dental clinical curricula-although few studies have evaluated adherence to the DGA among dental students. This approved retrospective study of voluntary student responses from a first-year dental school nutrition course included a short dietary and exercise survey administered as part of the DGA learning module. A total of N = 299 students completed the voluntary nutrition survey, yielding a response rate of 91.4%. Daily fruit and vegetable intake, dairy and whole grain servings among UNLV-SDM students were significantly lower than the DGA recommendations but higher than U.S. averages for 18-30-year-olds-although neither group met DGA recommendations. This study represents one of the first to evaluate the dietary intake of U.S. dental students for comparison with the DGA for positive health behaviors. These data demonstrate a lack of adherence to the DGA among highly educated dental students and the need for the curricular inclusion of diet and nutrition into the dental school curriculum.
《美国膳食指南》（DGA）旨在减少或预防多种慢性疾病，包括癌症、心脏病和糖尿病。医疗保健提供者的建议可能会受到对DGA的理解和遵循情况的影响，这些内容可能会纳入提供者培训、医学和牙科临床课程中——尽管很少有研究评估牙科学生对DGA的遵循情况。这项经批准的回顾性研究收集了一所牙科学院一年级营养课程学生的自愿回复，其中包括一项简短的饮食和运动调查，作为DGA学习模块的一部分。共有N = 299名学生完成了这项自愿营养调查，回复率为91.4%。内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校牙科学院学生的每日水果和蔬菜摄入量、乳制品和全谷物摄入量显著低于DGA建议，但高于18至30岁美国人的平均水平——尽管两组均未达到DGA建议。这项研究是首批评估美国牙科学生饮食摄入量并与DGA进行比较以促进积极健康行为的研究之一。这些数据表明，受过高等教育的牙科学生缺乏对DGA的遵循，并且需要将饮食和营养课程纳入牙科学院课程。
