Assessment of Problematic Eating Behaviour and Dental Caries in Children

Abstract

Background/Aim: Eating behaviour in children has wide range from anorexia, to selective eating, fussy eater, neophobic/pouching of food & slow eating. Eating behaviour in childhood has been implicated in the development of dental caries and further affecting the body mass index of the child. The aim was to assess the Problematic Eating Behaviour (PEB) and its association with dental caries status of the child.

Keywords

• children’s eating behaviour questionnaire (cebq)
• desire to drink (dd)
• satiety responsiveness (sr)