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Prevalence of obesity in elementary school children and its association with dental caries

Deema J. Farsi, Heba M. Elkhodary, Leena A. Merdad, Najat M.A. Farsi, Sumer M. Alaki, Najlaa M. Alamoudi, Haneen A. Bakhaidar and Mohammed A. Alolayyan
Saudi Medical Journal December 2016, 37 (12) 1387-1394; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.15904
Deema J. Farsi
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Heba M. Elkhodary
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Leena A. Merdad
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Najat M.A. Farsi
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Sumer M. Alaki
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Najlaa M. Alamoudi
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Haneen A. Bakhaidar
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohammed A. Alolayyan
From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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vol. 37 no. 12 1387-1394
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.12.15904
PubMed 
27874156

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received July 20, 2016
  • Accepted October 13, 2016
  • Published online December 1, 2016.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Deema J. Farsi, BDS, MSc⇑,
  2. Heba M. Elkhodary, MSc, PhD,
  3. Leena A. Merdad, BDS, ScD,
  4. Najat M.A. Farsi, BDS, MSc,
  5. Sumer M. Alaki, BDS, DrPH,
  6. Najlaa M. Alamoudi, BDS, DDSc,
  7. Haneen A. Bakhaidar, BDS and
  8. Mohammed A. Alolayyan, BDS
  1. From the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Farsi D, Elkhodary, Farsi N, Alaki, Alamoudi, Bakhaidar, Alolayyan), the Department of Dental Public Health (Merdad), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (Elkhodary), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Deema J. Farsi, Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: deema.farsi{at}gmail.com
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