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Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study

Diet and sugar eating habits, in particular sweet preference levels, are gradually nurtured over time by culturally accepted dietary norms. The dietary habits of Malaysia's three main ethnic groups are distinctively different from each other and expectedly, many studies have discovered signific...

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Main Authors: Jaafar, N., Razak, I.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1990
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RK Dentistry
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spelling my.um.eprints.35012012-07-13T01:41:51Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/3501/ Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study Jaafar, N. Razak, I.A. RK Dentistry Diet and sugar eating habits, in particular sweet preference levels, are gradually nurtured over time by culturally accepted dietary norms. The dietary habits of Malaysia's three main ethnic groups are distinctively different from each other and expectedly, many studies have discovered significant ethnic variations in caries experience. In order to guide further research work into the causes of these variations, this pilot study was designed to establish whether ethnic variations exist in sweet preference levels. This study found that although the difference in sweet preference between boys and girls in this sample was not statistically significant, the ethnic variation was statistically significant. The implications of this study and suggestions for further research in this field are discussed. 1990 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/3501/1/Ethnic_variations_of_sweet_preferences_in_Malaysian_children_A_pilot_study.pdf Jaafar, N. and Razak, I.A. (1990) Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study. Journal of Pedodontics, 14 (3). pp. 147-149. ISSN 0145-5508
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Jaafar, N.
Razak, I.A.
Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
description Diet and sugar eating habits, in particular sweet preference levels, are gradually nurtured over time by culturally accepted dietary norms. The dietary habits of Malaysia's three main ethnic groups are distinctively different from each other and expectedly, many studies have discovered significant ethnic variations in caries experience. In order to guide further research work into the causes of these variations, this pilot study was designed to establish whether ethnic variations exist in sweet preference levels. This study found that although the difference in sweet preference between boys and girls in this sample was not statistically significant, the ethnic variation was statistically significant. The implications of this study and suggestions for further research in this field are discussed.
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author Jaafar, N.
Razak, I.A.
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title Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
title_short Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
title_full Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
title_fullStr Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic variations of sweet preferences in Malaysian children: a pilot study
title_sort ethnic variations of sweet preferences in malaysian children: a pilot study
publishDate 1990
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/3501/1/Ethnic_variations_of_sweet_preferences_in_Malaysian_children_A_pilot_study.pdf
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