{"id":2276,"date":"2021-02-05T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drpedrocoelho.com\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:07:09","slug":"it-gives-itself-to-eating-to-help-pass-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/da-por-si-a-comer-para-ajudar-a-passar-tempo\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Health: Do you find yourself eating to pass the time when you have nothing else to do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In these times when we are more at home and our usual routines are completely altered, it is very common for children, but also adults, to comfort themselves by eating. However, this action can compromise our oral health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When we're busy and focused on something, our brain often forgets to tell us to eat, but when we have nothing to do or are simply sitting in front of a TV, tablet, or computer passing the time, it seems like we're always hungry!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eating more frequently and without rules, often even sugary foods, as well as being terrible for our physique and that of our children, can also have serious consequences for oral health!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2279 size-large\" title=\"A girl eating a donut at home\" src=\"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/crianc%CC%A7a-a-comer-donut-1-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"Oral health: girl eating a doughnut at home\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As a way to minimise this problem, I recommend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Avoid eating between meals.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Whenever you feel hungry and fancy a snack, opt for a piece of fruit, such as an apple.<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, you can choose a raw vegetable, such as a carrot, or dried fruit.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/problems-that-poor-oral-hygiene-can-cause\/\">Brush your teeth after every meal<\/a>. Now that we're spending more time at home, there's no excuse not to do it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Never go to sleep with dirty teeth! Whether it's at night or when you have an afternoon nap.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Don't rely too much on children to brush their teeth themselves. They usually don't do it properly. If they are young children, we should brush their teeth for them; if they are older, we should help them and monitor if they are doing it effectively.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Just like adults, teenagers should also floss at least once a day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nestes tempos que estamos mais em casa e em que as nossas rotinas habituais est\u00e3o completamente alteradas, \u00e9 muito frequente os mi\u00fados, mas tamb\u00e9m os gra\u00fados, entreterem-se a comer. Contudo, esta a\u00e7\u00e3o pode comprometer a nossa sa\u00fade oral. Quando estamos ocupados e concentrados em algo, o nosso c\u00e9rebro muitas vezes nem se lembra de nos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[86,82,87],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saude-higiene-oral","tag-dentes","tag-higieneoral","tag-lavardentes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drpedrocoelho.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}