Dental biorhythm is associated with adolescent weight gain

Patrick Mahoney; Gina McFarlane; Carolina Loch; Sophie White; Bruce Floyd; Erin C. Dunn; Rosie Pitfield; Alessia Nava; Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00164-x

Communications Medicine (Aug 2022)

Dental biorhythm is associated with adolescent weight gain

Patrick Mahoney,
Gina McFarlane,
Carolina Loch,
Sophie White,
Bruce Floyd,
Erin C. Dunn,
Rosie Pitfield,
Alessia Nava,
Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg

Affiliations

Patrick Mahoney: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Gina McFarlane: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Carolina Loch: Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago
Sophie White: Sir John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago
Bruce Floyd: School of Social Sciences, University of Auckland
Erin C. Dunn: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital
Rosie Pitfield: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Alessia Nava: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00164-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Mahoney et al. calculate the long-term biorhythm of adolescents from primary molar teeth and examine the relationship with weight, height and mass. Faster biorhythms are associated with a lower weight, and reduced weight and mass gain during adolescence.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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