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Dental schools are encouraged to prepare future dentists to address childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to assess dental students\u2019 attitudes, comfort, and perceived barriers discussing nutrition and obesity prevention with parents and caregivers of children aged 0\u20135, after a one\u2010time service\u2010learning experience in a pediatric primary care setting to promote oral health.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Following conversations with parents and caregivers, students completed an 11\u2010item survey via Qualtrics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 144 second\u2010year dental students that participated in the service\u2010learning experience over 2 years, 101 participated in the survey for a response rate of 70.1%. Most students agreed that dentists\u2019 roles include discussing nutrition (98.0%) and obesity prevention (83.2%). During the service\u2010learning experience, 78.2 percent of students discussed nutrition, and 5.0% discussed obesity prevention, with 3.0% and 22.8% of students reporting some level of discomfort with each topic, respectively. The most reported barriers for discussing both nutrition and obesity prevention were concern for \u201cappearing judgmental\u201d and \u201cfear of offending clients.\u201d Mean comfort scores among students who reported barriers of \u201cappearing judgmental\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.0001) and \u201cfear of offending clients\u201d (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.017) for nutrition discussions, and a \u201clack of parental acceptance of guidance\u201d as a barrier for discussing obesity prevention (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.016), suggest that those barriers were associated with less comfort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dental students\u2019 perceived barriers to discussing nutrition and obesity prevention with parents and caregivers may negatively influence dental students\u2019 comfort.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jdd.12575","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,24]],"date-time":"2021-02-24T01:30:06Z","timestamp":1614130206000},"page":"828-834","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Dental students\u2019 comfort discussing nutrition and obesity prevention with parents and caregivers"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"85","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3252-1287","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrick D.","family":"Smith","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences Department of Pediatric Dentistry University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry  Chicago Illinois IL USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Khatija","family":"Noorullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences Department of Pediatric Dentistry University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry  Chicago Illinois IL USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laila","family":"Iqbal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences Department of Pediatric Dentistry University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry  Chicago Illinois IL USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Scott L.","family":"Tomar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Prevention and Public Health Sciences Department of Pediatric Dentistry University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry  Chicago Illinois IL USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s40273-014-0243-x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2014-0063"},{"issue":"23","key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2417","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2017.6803","article-title":"Screening for obesity in children and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement","volume":"317","author":"Preventive Services Task Force US","year":"2017","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","volume-title":"NCHS data brief","author":"Hales CM","year":"2017"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amepre.2014.11.009"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2018.5158"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","unstructured":"HealthyPeople.gov. 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