title: Sugar consumption and caries experience in 12- and 13-year-old Icelandic children.
abstract: Dietary habits with regard to sugar consumption and caries experience were studied in a group of 275 Icelandic children aged 12 and 13 years. The pattern of meals and sugar-containing food intake frequency were assessed by means of a dietary questionnaire. All dental examinations were performed by one examiner, using standardized methods and diagnostic criteria. Only 75% of the children had three regular meals daily. Breakfast and lunch were the most frequently omitted meals. Sweet buns were consumed by 32% of the children with meals and by 58% between meals, whereas soft drinks were consumed by 42% and 46%, respectively. Eighty-three per cent of the children reported eating sweets daily. The most popular products included confectionery, buns, cakes, and soft drinks, which constituted 53% of the intake with meals and 68% of that between meals. A higher caries incidence was associated with frequent intake of buns and cakes with meals and confectionery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bjarnason
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Finnbogason
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Norén
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates