Obesity and dental decay: inference on the role of dietary sugar.

Obesity and dental decay: inference on the role of dietary sugar.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship of children's obesity and dental decay. METHODS:We measured parameters related to obesity and dental decay in 8,275 4(th) and 5(th) grade Kuwaiti children (average age = 11.36 years) in a cross-sectional study. First to determine body weight, height, age f...

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Main Authors: J Max Goodson, Mary Tavares, Xiaoshan Wang, Richard Niederman, Maryann Cugini, Hatice Hasturk, Roula Barake, Osama Alsmadi, Sabiha Al-Mutawa, Jitendra Ariga, Pramod Soparkar, Jawad Behbehani, Kazem Behbehani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795155?pdf=render

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