%0 Journal Article %T Childhood overweight-obesity and periodontal diseases: is there a real correlation? %A Andrea Pacifici %A Antonella Polimeni %A Gaetano Ierardo %A Gian Luca Sfasciotti %A Luciano Pacifici %A Roberta Marini %J Archive of "Annali di Stomatologia". %D 2016 %R 10.11138/ads/2016.7.3.065 %X The association between obesity and periodontitis has been extensively investigated in adults but not in young people. The aim of this study was to examine the association between overweight-obesity and periodontal disease in pediatric subjects %K periodontal diseases %K gingival diseases %K pediatric obesity %K child nutrition disorders %K food habits %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5231792/