Association between overweight/obesity and dental outcomes in early childhood: Findings from an Australian cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Oral health is an important part of general health and well-being and shares risk factors, such as poor diet, with obesity. The published literature assessing the association between obesity and oral health in early childhood is sparse and inconsistent. The objective of this study was to investigate associations between overweight/obesity (measured by body mass index) and dental outcomes (caries, plaque index and gingival index) both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, taking account of potential confounding factors, based on data collected at age 2 and age 5 within the Australian Study of Mothers' and Infants' Life Events Affecting Oral Health (SMILE) birth cohort study.

Methods

This study used data from 1174 SMILE participants. Associations between overweight/

SUBMITTER: Leary SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11754151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature