Examination of Sleep and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in the United States

This study contributes to the growing literature on the association between sleep and obesity by examining the associations between hours of sleep, consistency of bedtime, and obesity among children in the US.

Access: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08901171211029189?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

Findings:

We found that sleep duration is predictive of lower odds of obesity in US children and adolescents. Some variability in weeknight bedtime is associated with lower odds of obesity, though there were no additional benefits to extensive variability in bedtime.

Supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health

Authors:

Puneet Kaur Chehal, PhD, Livvy Shafer, PhD, Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, PhD