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Mon, 14 May 2012 15:16:11 | Prevention of Chronic

1. Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Report of a WHO Study Group. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1990 WHO Technical Report Series, No. 797 . 2. Diet, physical activity and health. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002 documents A55 16 and A55 16 Corr.1 . 3. Barker DJP et al. Weight gain in infancy and death from ischaemic heart disease. Lancet, 1989, 2 577-580. 4. Barker DJP et al. Type 2 non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia...

Diet and dental disease

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:08:34 | Prevention of Chronic

Nutritional status affects the teeth pre-eruptively, although this influence is much less important than the post-eruptive local effect of diet on the teeth 21 . Deficiencies of vitamins D and A and protein-energy malnutrition have been associated with enamel hypoplasia and salivary gland atrophy which reduces the mouth's ability to buffer plaque acids , which render the teeth more susceptible to decay. In developing countries, in the absence of dietary sugars, undernutrition is not associated...

References

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:50:45 | Prevention of Chronic

1. The world health report 2002 reducing risks, promoting healthy life. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002. 2. Diet, physical activity and health. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002 documents A55 16 and A55 16 Corr.1 . 3. Popkin BM. The shift in stages of the nutritional transition in the developing world differs from past experiences Public Health Nutrition, 2002, 5 205-214. 4. The world health report 1998. Life in the 21st century a vision for all. Geneva, World Health Organization,...

Trends 4

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:10:02 | Prevention of Chronic

The amount of dental decay is measured using the dmf DMF index, a count of the number of teeth or surfaces in a person's mouth that are decayed, missing or filled as a result of caries in primary dentition permanent dentition. An additional dental status indicator is the proportion of the population who are edentulous have no natural teeth . In most low-income countries, the prevalence rate of dental caries is relatively low and more than 90 of caries are untreated. Available data 7 show that...