Factors Affecting Masticatory Force of Young Children and Awareness of their Parents on Measurements of Masticatory Force

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  • Kojima Shiomi
    Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health Promotional Science, Tokoha University
  • Fukushima Hiroko
    Shizuoka City Kanbara Tobu Child Center
  • Shiraki Masako
    Ex- Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health Promotional Science, Tokoha University

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  • 幼児の咀嚼力に影響を及ぼす要因と測定に対する保護者の意識

Abstract

Abstract This study measured the masticatory force of toddlers at a nursery school using color changing chewing gums to examine the relationship between the differences in the masticatory force and the attributes of the toddlers, elements involved in the meal, awareness of parents to mastication of their children and so on. The results showed: first, that children either with no siblings or two or more tended to have higher masticatory force than children with one sibling. Second, that boys’ masticatory force tended to be stronger than girls’ and third, that children with high masticatory force eat a wider soft-to-hard range of foods while children with lower masticatory force tend to eat softer foods. The study is intent on both, encouraging young children to have more interest in chewing and also raising the awareness of parents to improve masticatory force for themselves and their children.

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390283659848444928
  • NII Article ID
    130007793549
  • DOI
    10.11379/jjda.63.83
  • ISSN
    21856877
    00136492
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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