The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Dentistry
Online ISSN : 2186-5078
Print ISSN : 0583-1199
ISSN-L : 0583-1199
A Study on the Dental Diseases and Features of Chinese Children
Daily Feeding Habits and Environmental Factors among Chinese Children
Hideaki AmanoHiroshi NobukeNobuo NagasakaKikuo KamiyamaHiroshi OnoShizuo SobueMinoru NakataTadashi OguraHui DengSizehn ShiDawei LiuStephen H. Y. WeiToru SaitoMasaaki IshikawaTsutomu TakeiKazuaki NonakaHiroko OotaniKouichi ShionoHisanobu ShimizuHuan WangYe ZhangJianhui DongDeyu HuJoseph C. Y. ChanLily S. M. Tong
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1993 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 606-640

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Abstract
A joint dental epidemiological survey between Japan and China was carried out in Beijing, Leshan and Hong Kong in 1990, and data on the daily feeding habits and environmental factors of 1051 Chinese children 3,6,12 and 15 years old were obtained from their parents by means of a questionnaire.
The results were as follows.
1) Most of the infants (3 and 6 years old) in Leshan and Beijing were nurtured 640in a group, so the infants, especially in Beijing, had their meals out of their homes at the rate of over 80%.
2) The percentages of the infants who answered that they chew their food well were over 70% in each region, but many children chewed their food under 5 times before they swallowed it in Leshan.
3) The percentage of the infants who answered that they did not brush their teeth was approximately 60% in the 3 year old group and 40 to 50% in the 6 year old group in each region.
4) The frequency of snack intake was mostly 0 or 1 per day in Beijing and Leshan and mostly 1 or 2 per day in Hong Kong. Irregular snack intake was found exclusively in Leshan.
5) Snacks taken in Leshan and Beijing were almost sweetened foodstaffs.
6) Coca cola and juice were frequently taken even by infants in Beijing, and it seemed that this habit was a new tendency with respect to bevarage intake in large cities in China.
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