title: Dietary behaviors and oral-systemic health in women.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Center for Health Disparities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. kimju@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Juhee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Rita DiGioacchino
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: DeBate
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003153:Community Health Services; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D009909:Oral Health; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011313:Preventive Dentistry; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health