Sleep Duration and Weight-Related Behaviors among Adolescents

Insufficient sleep is widespread among adolescents and has consequences that extend far beyond hampering day-to-day functioning. It may influence eating and physical activity patterns and be an important determinant of adolescent overweight/obesity status. We assessed how self-reported sleep duratio...

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Published in:Childhood obesity 2019-10, Vol.15 (7), p.434-442
Main Authors: Widome, Rachel, Lenk, Kathleen M, Laska, Melissa N, Erickson, Darin J, Iber, Conrad, Kilian, Gudrun, Wahlstrom, Kyla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescents
breakfast
childhood obesity
chronic diseases
Exercise
Obesity
Original
physical activity
risk
sleep
Sleep deprivation
socioeconomic status
Students
Studies
sugar sweetened beverages
Teenagers
vegetable consumption
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Summary:Insufficient sleep is widespread among adolescents and has consequences that extend far beyond hampering day-to-day functioning. It may influence eating and physical activity patterns and be an important determinant of adolescent overweight/obesity status. We assessed how self-reported sleep duration on school nights was associated with weight-related behaviors (eating, diet, and physical activity) and overweight/obesity at the baseline wave (ninth grade year) of the START study (  = 2134). Fifteen percent of our sample reported optimal sleep duration (8.5-10.0 hours); nonwhites, participants of lower socioeconomic status, and girls were at greater risk for insufficient sleep. Suboptimal sleep was associated with various poor weight-related behaviors such as increased sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, decreased vegetable consumption, and decreased breakfast eating (  
ISSN:2153-2168
2153-2176
2153-2176
DOI:10.1089/chi.2018.0362