

@mastersthesis {6312,
	title = {Obesity and oral health among adolescents in the {United} {Arab} {Emirates}},
	year = {2010},
	note = {U560566},
	school = {University of London, Queen Mary College (United Kingdom)},
	type = {phdPh.{D}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {{\textless}p class=Abstract{\textgreater}\textbf{Aims: }To investigate the relationship between oral health and obesity in adolescents attending Public and Private Schools in Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates. \textbf{Methods: }1094 adolescents attending secondary school in Sharjah City were asked to participate in a randomised cross-sectional study, (QMREC2007/60). Two separate structured questionnaires were used to determine: 1. The demographic details, dietary habits, physical activity and oral hygiene practice from the adolescents; and 2. Socio-economic and general health from their guardian. \textbf{Results: }Full dataset on 803 adolescents was obtained; 50\% male, 40\% UAE nationals and 66\% attending Private school. The mean DMFT was 3.19 (SD 2.9), 25\% were caries free, mean BMI was 21 and 15\% were obese. A significant association between DMFT and BMI was found (r=0.097, p+0.006), with each extra 10 point in BMI there was a 0.57 increase in DMFT. The DMFT predictive model confirmed significant association of father{\textquestiondown}s education (p\&lt;0.001), gender (p=0.008) and ethnicity (p=0.001). Positive significance of age (p\&lt;0.001), consumption of tea with sugar (p=0.024) and soft drinks (p\&lt;0.001), whereas three daily meals (p=0.009) and visiting the dentist (p=0.007) were protective. The BMI model confirmed positive significance of age (p\&lt;0.001), school fees (p=0.005), obesity in family (p\&lt;0.001) and soft drink consumption (p\&lt;0.001). Three daily meals (p=0.007) and increased drinking frequency of milk (p=0.026) were found to be protective. \textbf{Conclusions: }Analysis of the final model suggests that there is no clear relationship between obesity and dental caries, but that the consumption of soft drinks was a leading predictor for both diseases (obesity and dental caries).{\textless}/p{\textgreater}},
	keywords = {0573:Public health, 528996, Bibliographies, Health and environmental sciences, Psychology{\textendash}Abstracting, Public health, Statistics},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/1314562610?accountid=14270},
	author = {Khadri, F A}
}
