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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Dietary behaviors and oral-systemic health in women
Juhee Kim1, Rita DiGioacchino DeBate, Ellen Daley
1Department of Public Health, Center for Health Disparities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. kimju@ecu.edu
Abstract:
The impact of dietary behaviors and food consumption and their relation to oral health are significant public health issues. Women and men exhibit different dietary behaviors. Understanding the influences of dietary behaviors on oral health from the perspective of gender disparities, however, is limited. This article provides the intersections of dietary factors and oral-systemic health for which women are at greater risk than men. Topics include the effect of dietary choices on oral health disparities seen in female patients. Interventional strategies at the local and community level that are designed to influence the balance between dietary habits and oral-systemic health are discussed.
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