Trial reportPediatric obesity2017
Effect of experimental change in children's sleep duration on television viewing and physical activity.
Trial report in Pediatric obesity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Impact of Sleep Loss on Screen Time in Children: Secondary Analyses of a Randomised Crossover Trial Using Objective Measures of Screen Time.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Earlier bedtimes and more sleep displace sedentary behavior but not moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in adolescents.Sleep health · 2022Trial
- Screen use and sleep in early childhood: a national survey of Australian families.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Protocol for a randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of sleep extension on body weight and learning in children (More2Sleep).Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Sleep habits in the pathogenesis and management of diabesity.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Review
- The Relationship between Sleep and Physical Activity by Age, Race, and Gender.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- The Impact of the Double School Shift System on Lifestyle Behaviors Among Mexican Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Child, family and household characteristics associated with physical activity in Samoan children aged 3-8 years: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Optimizing intervention components for sleep promotion in children in the context of obesity prevention: the SLEEPY 2.0 study protocol.Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
- Integration of Time-Based Recommendations with Current Pediatric Health Behavior Guidelines: Implications for Obesity Prevention and Treatment in Youth.Current obesity reports · 2022Review
- Objectively measured physical activity among treatment seeking children and adolescents with severe obesity and normal weight peers.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- Relevance of Physical Activities, Sedentary Behaviors, and Genetic Predisposition in Body Fatness: Population-Based Study on Chinese Adults.Obesity facts · 2021Article
- Effortful Control Moderates the Relation Between Electronic-Media Use and Objective Sleep Indicators in Childhood.Psychological science · 2020Article
- Sleep and body mass index in infancy and early childhood (6-36 mo): a longitudinal study.Pediatric obesity · 2019Article
- Childhood obesity, weight loss and developmental trajectories predict the persistence and remission of childhood sleep-disordered breathing.Pediatric obesity · 2019Article
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- Overnight sleep duration and obesity in 2-5 year-old American Indian children.Pediatric obesity · 2018Article
- Cross-sectional and prospective associations between sleep, screen time, active school travel, sports/exercise participation and physical activity in children and adolescents.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Temporal and bi-directional associations between sleep duration and physical activity/sedentary time in children: An international comparison.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Bi-directional association between sleep and outdoor active play among 10-13 year olds.BMC public health · 2018Article
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9 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPaediatric observational studies demonstrate associations between sleep, television viewing and potential changes in daytime activity levels. OBJECTIVE(S): To determine whether experimental changes in sleep lead to changes in children's sedentary and physical activities.
methodsUsing a within-subject counterbalanced design, 37 children 8-11 years old completed a 3-week study. Children slept their typical amount during a baseline week and were then randomized to increase or decrease mean time in bed by 1.5 h/night for 1 week; the alternate schedule was completed the final week. Children wore actigraphs on their non-dominant wrist and completed 3-d physical activity recalls each week.
resultsChildren reported watching more television (p < 0.001) and demonstrated lower daytime actigraph-measured activity counts per epoch (p = 0.03) when sleep was decreased (compared with increased). However, total actigraph-measured activity counts accrued throughout the entire waking period were higher when sleep was decreased (and children were awake for longer) than when it was increased (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION(S): Short sleep during childhood may lead to increased television viewing and decreased mean activity levels. Although additional time awake may help to counteract negative effects of short sleep, increases in reported sedentary activities could contribute to weight gain over time.
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