Title
Knowledge and attitude of children about soda and its effects on dental health
Authors
Siraj DAA Khan*, Bassam Hassan Al Qahtani, Hamad Mohammad Alamer, Mohammed Saleh Al Dashil, Ziyad Mohammed Asiri, Yasir Ali Asiri, Mansoor Hamad Alkorbi & Abdullelah Abduaslam Altouk
Affiliation
Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Najran University, KSA; Corresponding author
Siraj DAA Khan – Phone: +966-17542-7960; E-mail - sdkhan@nu.edu.sa
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received September 2, 2022; Revised October 3, 2022; Accepted October 6, 2022, Published October 31, 2022
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Consumption, carbonated beverages, attitude, practice, prevention
Citation
Khan et al. Bioinformation 18(10): 1016-1020 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
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.
