Associations between early childhood caries, malnutrition and anemia: a global perspective.

Morenike Oluwatoyin FolayanMaha El TantawiRobert J SchrothAna VukovicArthur KemoliBalgis GaffarMary Obiyannull null

Published in: BMC nutrition (2020)

Country-level prevalence of ECC was associated with malnutrition in 0-2-year-olds and with anemia in 3-5-year-olds. The pathway for the direct relationship between ECC and overweight may be diet related. The pathway for the inverse relationship between ECC and anemia is less clear and needs further investigations.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
chronic kidney disease
weight loss
physical activity
risk factors
weight gain
body mass index