Patient perceptions of healthy weight promotion in dental settings

• Published in: Journal of dentistry Vol. 91; p. 100002
• Main Authors: Wijey, T., Blizard, B., Louca, C., Leung, A., Suvan, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Anxiety; Beverages; Body mass index; Body size; Body weight; Chi-square test; Children; Chronic illnesses; Dental; Dental caries; Dentistry; Dentists; Diabetes; Domains; Health care; Health care access; Health promotion; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hypertension; Lifestyles; Messages; Obesity; Oral diseases; Oral hygiene; Overweight; Patient perceptions; Patients; Perceptions; Periodontitis; Professionals; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Smoking; Teams; Weight control; United Kingdom > UK; Obesity; Patient perceptions; Health promotion; Dental; Overweight

Excess weight is a risk factor for systemic and oral diseases. Since dental professionals are already involved in imparting overall health messages when certain conditions impact oral health, it should make sense that they also deliver related health messages such as promoting the maintenance of hea...