Sugar consumption and oral health

Anja Heilmann; Carolina Machuca Vargas; Richard G. Watt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5_19

Sugar consumption and oral health

Anja Heilmann, Carolina Machuca Vargas, Richard G. Watt

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Abstract

Dietary sugar plays a pivotal role in the development of dental caries and is also an important risk factor for obesity and other chronic, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Sugar is cheap and widely available – in most high- and middle-income countries, sugar consumption far exceeds the levels recommended by health organisations such as the WHO. The sugar industry is a powerful global player that increasingly targets new markets in low- and middle-income countries, where consumption is currently rising, with serious implications for oral and general health. This chapter provides an overview of current public health guidelines in relation to dietary sugar, the role of sugar for oral and general health, and current global trends in sugar production and consumption. It then outlines the social and commercial determinants of sugar consumption and proposes policy solutions to reduce sugar intake from upstream to downstream levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Oral Epidemiology
Subtitle of host publication	A Textbook on Oral Health Conditions, Research Topics and Methods
Editors	Marco A. Peres, Jose Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Richard G. Watt
Place of Publication	São Paulo
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	19
Pages	307-317
Number of pages	11
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-50123-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-50122-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5_19 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2020

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Name	Oral Epidemiology
ISSN (Print)	2524-4612
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-4620

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Heilmann, A., Machuca Vargas, C., & Watt, R. G. (2020). Sugar consumption and oral health. In M. A. Peres, J. L. Ferreira Antunes, & R. G. Watt (Eds.), Oral Epidemiology: A Textbook on Oral Health Conditions, Research Topics and Methods (1 ed., pp. 307-317). (Oral Epidemiology). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5_19, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5

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Sugar consumption and oral health. / Heilmann, Anja; Machuca Vargas, Carolina; Watt, Richard G.
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