SynthesisNutrition reviews2022
Obesity and oral health in Mexican children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Obesity and Its Association With Micronutrient Deficiency Among Mexican Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Socioeconomic determinants of overweight and obesity among Mexican children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Obesity/overweight and dental caries experience in children and adolescents: an umbrella review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2024Pooled it
- Obesity and its association with mental health among Mexican children and adolescents: systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Cultural factors related to childhood and adolescent obesity in Mexico: A systematic review of qualitative studies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to Prevent Obesity in Mexican Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Pooled it
- Association between childhood obesity, salivary adiponectin, and total dental caries experience (dmft + DMFT) in children: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Potential Shifts in the Oral Microbiome Induced by Bariatric Surgery-A Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association between overweight/obesity and dental outcomes in early childhood: Findings from an Australian cohort study.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2025Article
- Need for Dental Prostheses According to Obesity Levels in a Rural Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of dentistry · 2025Article
- Secular trends of dental caries and association with nutritional status: a retrospective analysis of 16,199 Chinese students from three successive national surveys from 2010 to 2019.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association between nutritional status and children and adolescents' dental caries experiences: an overview of systematic reviews.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB · 2023Review
- Descriptive study of the oral health status of disadvantaged mexican populations in relation to their adherence to the mediterranean diet.Revista cientifica odontologica (Universidad Cientifica del Sur)Article
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
contextA relationship between obesity and poor oral health has been reported.
objectiveTo investigate the association between overweight/obesity and oral health in Mexican children and adolescents. DATA SOURCES: A literature search was conducted of 13 databases and 1 search engine for articles published from 1995 onward. DATA ANALYSIS: A total of 18 publications were included. Evidence was inconclusive and varied according to sociodemographic factors or outcome measuring tools. The Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth and Filled Teeth Surfaces indices and the decayed extracted filled teeth index outcomes were included in a random effects model meta-analysis. Pooled estimates showed no statistically significant oral health differences (measured via the decayed extracted filled teeth or the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth Surfaces indexes) among body mass index (BMI) categories. However, pooled estimates of 6 studies showed that children with higher BMI had worse oral health in permanent teeth (measured via the Decayed Missing Filled Teeth Index) than children with lower BMI (overall mean difference, -0.42; 95%CI, -0.74, -0.11).
conclusionWhether there is an association between poor oral health and high BMI is inconclusive; however, both co-exist among Mexican children. Therefore, health promotion and prevention efforts should address common risk factors and broader risk social determinants shared between noncommunicable diseases.
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