Snacking behaviors and early childhood caries severity among Myanmar preschool children: a cross-sectional study
Phue Wai Han, Kaung Myat Thwin, Wa Than Lin, Natcha Tassanapong, Sachiko Takehara, Hiroshi Ogawa · 2026
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Description
Tooth decay in small children runs high across Southeast Asia, and snacks are a prime suspect. Phue Han and five co-authors test which snack habits track with how bad the decay gets in Myanmar. Their 2026 study draws on a cohort of 815 children aged four and five at eight preschools in Yangon.
Each child's worst tooth was scored on a six-step scale of decay. Parents filled forms on the child's snack type, how often snacks come, when they come, and whether the child pockets food in the cheek. Home traits and wealth are in the mix as well. The team then weighs each habit's link to the decay score. Such detail can aim health advice at the habits that count, not at snacks in the abstract.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Phue Wai Han, Kaung Myat Thwin, Wa Than Lin, Natcha Tassanapong, Sachiko Takehara, Hiroshi Ogawa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |