Parental Feeding Styles and Risk of a New Carious Lesion in Preschool Children: A Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: Parents may influence children's intake of sweets and sugar-sweetened beverages through their feeding styles. This study prospectively assessed the association between parental feeding styles and caries risk in preschool children. In November and December 2021, we recruited 1181 preschool children aged 3-4 years in Guangzhou, China, and then conducted a follow-up visit after 15 months. The children were examined for dental caries, and their parents answered the Chinese version of the Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. At baseline, 'control over eating' was found to be negatively associated with early childhood caries (OR = 0.60, 95%CI = 0.44, 0.83). After 15 months, no significant association between baseline parental feeding styles

SUBMITTER: Wen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10609665 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature