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Dietary and activity factors influence poor sleep and the sleep-obesity nexus among Children
While physical activity, sedentariness, and diet have already been identified as key modifiable determinants of childhood overweight and obesity, Morrissey et al. (2019) planned to investigate their impacts on sleep outcomes and expand their knowledge on the relationship between obesity and sleep. This study used the data on 2253 students (aged 8.8–13.5) collected from 2 monitoring studies (94 primary schools) across Victoria. These students were administered with questionnaires on demographic characteristics, health behaviors (including sleep, physical activity, screen time and diet) and health, and were asked for their height and weight measurements. Regression models revealed that screen time, particularly in bed, and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption were associated with higher risk of having more than three sleep problems. Even after controlling for these behavioral factors, students with either 2 or over 3 sleeping problems were determined to be more likely to be overweight/obese. This study emphasizes how the use of screen devices and SSB consumption behaviors can have big influences on children’s weight through this connection between sleep and obesity. [NPID: screen time, eating behaviors, social media, sedentary, obesity, sleep, physical activity, exercise, sleep hygiene, obesity, childhood obesity]
Year: 2019
