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Impact of problematic eating behaviour and parental feeding styles on early childhood caries

Harsha V Nembhwani1, Jasmin Winnier1

  • 1Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, D.Y.Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, India.

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
|February 15, 2020
PubMed

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Childhood eating behaviors like food fussiness and emotional overeating are linked to early childhood caries (ECC). Parental feeding styles also influence ECC risk, with some styles potentially decreasing caries.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Dentistry
  • Behavioral Science
  • Public Health Nutrition

Background:

  • Childhood eating behaviors are a known factor in early childhood caries (ECC) development.
  • Parental feeding styles significantly influence children's eating habits and can contribute to ECC.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between children's eating behaviors, parental feeding styles, and ECC in preschool-aged children.
  • To identify specific eating and feeding behaviors linked to ECC prevalence.

Main Methods:

  • A case-control study involving 440 preschool children, divided into ECC and non-ECC groups.
  • Utilized the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) index to assess dental caries.
  • Employed the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) and Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire (PFQ) for data collection.

Main Results:

  • Positive associations were found between ECC and specific CEBQ subscales, including Satiety Responsiveness, Food Fussiness, Slowness in Eating, Emotional Undereating, Desire to Drink, and Emotional Overeating.
  • Parental feeding styles like Encouragement and Instrumental feeding were associated with a decreased risk of dental caries compared to Control and Emotional feeding.

Conclusions:

  • Specific childhood eating behaviors and parental feeding styles are potentially associated with the development of ECC.
  • The CEBQ and PFQ are effective tools for identifying these risk-associated behaviors.
Abstract

Keywords:
Parental feeding style questionnairechildren's eating behaviour questionnaireearly childhood caries

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