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Habitual Sleep Duration and Risk of Childhood Obesity: Systematic Review and Dose-response Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Sleep Well, Study Well: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies on the Interplay between Sleep and School Experience in Adolescence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Sleep Is a Family Affair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on the Interplay between Adolescents' Sleep and Family Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The Social Side of Sleep: A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Associations between Peer Relationships and Sleep Quality.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Sleep Duration/Quality With Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses of Prospective Studies.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Earlier Bedtimes Mediate the Effect of a Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention on Children's Weight Status.The Journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Associations Between 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Anthropometric and Body Composition Indicators in Ecuadorian Preschool Children: SUNRISE Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Body mass index (BMI) versus socioeconomic factors and physical activity in early childhood.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Age-Varying Association Between Adherence to 8-5-2-1-0 Guidelines in Adolescents with High BMI.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Sleep Duration and Timing in Relation to BMI and Readiness to Change Lifestyle Behaviors: Results From a Pediatric Weight Management Clinic.Clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association between body roundness index (BRI) and sleep quality: a cross sectional study from 2022 to 2024.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Optimizing energy balance in youth: reducing sugar-sweetened beverages and screen time.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Review
- Childhood Obesity: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Comprehensive Gait Analysis and Kinetic Intervention for Overweight and Obese Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between sleep behaviors and adiposity indices among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Lifestyle Behaviors of Childhood and Adolescence: Contributing Factors, Health Consequences, and Potential Interventions.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Review
- The cross-sectional and prospective associations of parental practices and environmental factors with 24-hour movement behaviours among school-aged Asian children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- Validation of the Malay version of Epworth sleepiness scale for children and adolescents (MESS-CHAD).BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Self-reported physical activity behaviors of childhood cancer survivors: comparison to a general adolescent population in Korea.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Optimizing intervention components for sleep promotion in children in the context of obesity prevention: the SLEEPY 2.0 study protocol.Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
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Abstract
A meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies found that shorter-time sleep was correlated with increased risk of obesity in children. However, findings from prospective cohort studies were inconsistent. PubMed and other data resources were searched through May 2015. Twenty-five eligible studies were identified including 56,584 children and adolescents with an average 3.4-year follow-up. Compared with children having the longest sleep duration (~12.2 hours), kids with the shortest sleep duration (~10.0 hours) were 76% more likely to be overweight/obese (pooled odds ratio [OR]: 1.76; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.39, 2.23); and had relatively larger annual BMI gain (pooled β coefficient: 0.13; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.25 kg/m(2)). With every 1 hour/day increment in sleep duration, the risk of overweight/obesity was reduced by 21% (OR: 0.79; 95% CI: 0.70, 0.89); and the annual BMI gain declined by 0.05 kg/m(2) (β = -0.05; 95% CI: -0.09, -0.01). The observed associations were not appreciably modified by region, baseline age or the length of follow-up. Accumulated literature indicates a modest inverse association between sleep duration and the risk of childhood overweight/obesity. Further research is needed to determine the age and gender specified optimal hours of sleep and ideal sleep pattern with respect to obesity prevention in children.
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