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Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health
The consumption of carbonated beverages or soda drinks has increased due to media advertisements. These drinks have ill effects on dental as well as on general health especially in children and adolescent. Therefore, a study was carried out to check the knowledge and attitude of children in Saudi Ar...
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Biomedical Informatics
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37654829 http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/973206300181016 |
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author | Khan, Siraj DAA Al Qahtani, Bassam Hassan Alamer, Hamad Mohammad Al Dashil, Mohammed Saleh Asiri, Ziyad Mohammed Asiri, Yasir Ali Alkorbi, Mansoor Hamad Altouk, Abdullelah Abduaslam |
author_facet | Khan, Siraj DAA Al Qahtani, Bassam Hassan Alamer, Hamad Mohammad Al Dashil, Mohammed Saleh Asiri, Ziyad Mohammed Asiri, Yasir Ali Alkorbi, Mansoor Hamad Altouk, Abdullelah Abduaslam |
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description | The consumption of carbonated beverages or soda drinks has increased due to media advertisements. These drinks have ill effects on dental as well as on general health especially in children and adolescent. Therefore, a study was carried out to check the knowledge and attitude of children in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire-based study was conducted. It comprises of three parts i) demographic details ii) attitude toward consumption of soda drinks and iii) knowledge about soda drinks. A total of 393 primary elementary School Children age range 5 to 15 years old responded the questionnaire. 47.3% children drank soda on weekly basis. More than half participants did not have knowledge about the effects of soda on health (55.2%) and on teeth (53.9%). The knowledge of children about the effects of soda drinks on dental health in not convincing one. However, their attitude was relatively better. There is a need to improve their practices for prevention of dental and general health. |
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spelling | pubmed-104657642023-08-31 Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health Khan, Siraj DAA Al Qahtani, Bassam Hassan Alamer, Hamad Mohammad Al Dashil, Mohammed Saleh Asiri, Ziyad Mohammed Asiri, Yasir Ali Alkorbi, Mansoor Hamad Altouk, Abdullelah Abduaslam Bioinformation Research Article The consumption of carbonated beverages or soda drinks has increased due to media advertisements. These drinks have ill effects on dental as well as on general health especially in children and adolescent. Therefore, a study was carried out to check the knowledge and attitude of children in Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire-based study was conducted. It comprises of three parts i) demographic details ii) attitude toward consumption of soda drinks and iii) knowledge about soda drinks. A total of 393 primary elementary School Children age range 5 to 15 years old responded the questionnaire. 47.3% children drank soda on weekly basis. More than half participants did not have knowledge about the effects of soda on health (55.2%) and on teeth (53.9%). The knowledge of children about the effects of soda drinks on dental health in not convincing one. However, their attitude was relatively better. There is a need to improve their practices for prevention of dental and general health. Biomedical Informatics 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10465764/ /pubmed/37654829 http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/973206300181016 Text en © 2022 Biomedical Informatics https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Khan, Siraj DAA Al Qahtani, Bassam Hassan Alamer, Hamad Mohammad Al Dashil, Mohammed Saleh Asiri, Ziyad Mohammed Asiri, Yasir Ali Alkorbi, Mansoor Hamad Altouk, Abdullelah Abduaslam Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title | Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title_full | Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title_short | Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
title_sort | knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465764/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37654829 http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/973206300181016 |
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