Trial reportPloS one2015
Sweet/dessert foods are more appealing to adolescents after sleep restriction.
Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06642246 (Sleep Promotion Among Children Newly Diagnosed With Essential Hypertension), which is not on this map. Cited by 65 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Sleep Promotion Among Children Newly Diagnosed With Essential Hypertension
Who cites it
65 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dietary patterns and insomnia symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The efficacy of sleep lifestyle interventions for the management of overweight or obesity in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Preventing and treating childhood obesity by sleeping better: a systematic review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Pooled it
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the impact of sleep duration on adiposity and components of energy balance.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2015Pooled it
- The impact of insufficient sleep on dietary choices and physical activity behaviors: evidence from a randomized cross-over trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- The Effects of Acute Sleep Curtailment on Salt Taste Measures and Relationships with Energy-Corrected Sodium Intake: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial with Methodology Validation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effect of changes in children's bedtime and sleep period on targeted eating behaviors and timing of caloric intake.Eating behaviors · 2022Trial
- Impact of Multi-Night Experimentally Induced Short Sleep on Adolescent Performance in a Simulated Classroom.Sleep · 2017Trial
- The Impact of Early Bedtimes on Adolescent Caloric Intake Varies by Chronotype.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2015Trial
- Energy Drink Use and Adolescent Sleep Debt: Implications for Obesity, Cognition, and Physical Activity.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Associations Among Sleep, Emotional Eating, and Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Circadian misalignment and adolescent obesity risk behaviors: physical & sedentary activity, dietary intake, and food reward.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- Obesity Management in Female Adolescents.Clinical endocrinology · 2025Review
- Feasibility of an At-Home Experimental Circadian Misalignment Induction for Adolescents.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
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- Assessing the longitudinal association between sleep, diet quality and BMI z-score among Black adolescent girls.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Adolescent sleep and food cravings: randomized controlled trial of a sleep intervention.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Experimentally induced sleep restriction relates to less healthy eating behaviors in some adolescents: effects of age, sex, race, weight class, and socioeconomic status.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- The effects of sleep restriction and time of day on food-specific impulsivity, approach-avoidance bias and delay discounting.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveExamine the effect of experimental sleep restriction (SR) on adolescents' subjective hunger and perceived appeal of sweet/dessert foods versus other foods. A secondary goal was to replicate previous findings on the effects of SR on dietary intake.
designRandomized cross-over sleep restriction-extension paradigm.
settingSleep was obtained and monitored at home. Outcome measures were gathered during office visits.
participants31 typically-developing adolescents aged 14-17 years.
interventionsThe three-week protocol consisted of a baseline week, followed randomly by five consecutive nights of SR (6.5 hours in bed) versus healthy sleep duration (HS; 10 hours in bed), a 2-night wash-out period, and a 5-night cross-over. MEASUREMENTS: Sleep was monitored via actigraphy. The morning after each experimental condition, teens rated their hunger, underwent a 24-hour diet recall interview, and rated the appeal of a series of pictures of sweet/dessert foods (e.g., ice cream, candy) and non-sweets (meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables).
resultsTeens rated pictures of sweet/dessert foods to be more appealing after SR than after HS (Cohen's d = .41, t = 2.07, p = .045). The sleep manipulation did not affect self-reported hunger or the appeal of non-sweet foods (p >.10). Consistent with our prior work, intake of overall calories was 11% higher and consumption of sweet/dessert servings was 52% greater during SR than HS.
conclusionsAdolescent SR appears to increase the subjective appeal of sweet/dessert foods, indicating a potential mechanism by which SR might contribute to weight gain and the risk for obesity and chronic illness.
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