title: Study on relationship between the nutritional status and dental caries in 8-12 year old children of Udaipur City, India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The future health of individuals depends on the well being of the children of today. Proper nutrition for children is very important. The most commonly used index of obesity and over weight is Body Mass Index. The growth of children should be monitored using the Body Mass Index (BMI) and risk factors assessed through a dietary and physical activity history. The increase in obesity is attributed to increased carbohydrate consumption among children. Obesity and caries are both diet-based conditions that share a cause that is, excessive ingestion of fermentable carbohydrates.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was undertaken to determine the association of nutritional status with dental caries in 8 to 12 year old children of Udaipur city.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study was conducted on a random sample of 1000 boys and girls, aged 8-12 years. The children were selected from schools located in the Udaipur City, Rajasthan. The schools examined were of government and private sector schools in Udaipur city. The children from schools of Udaipur city was taken in the study with male, female and age group ratio as per distribution in population. A proforma was used to record children's age, gender, school, year, height, weight, parental income and dental caries status. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS Version 15; Chicago Inc., USA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was found that caries free individuals were more from normal nutritional status group with 134 (13.4 %) subjects where as only 11 (1.1 %) of subjects obese children were found caries free.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study shows that the children with normal BMI for age had more caries in their primary teeth, as well as in their permanent teeth, than the overweight children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, IDST Dental College and hospital, Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Panwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, MAMC Medical College, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Darshan Dental College and hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, IDST Dental College and hospital, Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental sciences and Research Faridabad Haryana.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marya
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Dentistry, SGT Dental College, Hospital and Research Institute Gurgaon, Haryana.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhingra
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population