Sleep quality, sleep duration and physical activity in obese adolescents: effects of exercise training

• Published in: Pediatric obesity 2016-02, Vol.11 (1), p.26-32
• Main Authors: Mendelson, M., Borowik, A., Michallet, A.-S., Perrin, C., Monneret, D., Faure, P., Levy, P., Pépin, J.-L., Wuyam, B., Flore, P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Childrens health; Exercise; Exercise Therapy - methods; exercise training; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control; Pediatric Obesity - psychology; Pediatrics; Physical Exertion; Polysomnography; Program Evaluation; Risk Factors; Sleep; Teenagers; Treatment Outcome; Weight Reduction Programs - methods
• ISSN: 2047-6302; 2047-6310
• DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12015

Summary Background Decreased sleep duration and altered sleep quality are risk factors for obesity in youth. Structured exercise training has been shown to increase sleep duration and improve sleep quality. Objectives This study aimed at evaluating the impact of exercise training for improving sleep duration, sleep quality and physical activity in obese adolescents (OB). Methods Twenty OB (age: 14.5 ± 1.5 years; body mass index: 34.0 ± 4.7 kg m−2) and 20 healthy‐weight adolescents (HW) completed an overnight polysomnography and wore an accelerometer (SenseWear Bodymedia) for 7 days. OB participated in a 12‐week supervised exercise‐training programme consisting of 180 min of exercise weekly. Exercise training was a combination of aerobic exercise and resistance training. Results Sleep duration was greater in HW compared with OB (P