ArticleNutrients2017
Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children.
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- Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions.Pediatric obesity · 2020Pooled it
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- Sleep and Obesity Risk in Children: A Systematic Review of Multiple Dimensions of Sleep.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Adolescent Growth in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Adherence to 24-h movement guidelines in Spanish schoolchildren and its association with insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Association between Breakfast Macronutrient Composition and Body Weight, in Preadolescence: An Epidemiological Study among Schoolchildren.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Is adherence to the Mediterranean diet associated with good sleep duration in primary-school children?Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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- Sleeping patterns and childhood obesity: an epidemiological study in 1,728 children in Greece.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
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- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Environmental Impact of the Diet on Primary School Children Living in Parma (Italy).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Observational
- Adherence to Mediterranean Diet among Students from Primary and Middle School in the Province of Taranto, 2016-2018.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has risen greatly worldwide. Diet and poor physical activity are the two risk factors usually examined, but epidemiological evidence exists suggesting a link between sleep duration and overweight/obesity in children. The aim of this study was to describe the relationship among body mass index (BMI), diet quality, physical activity level, and sleep duration in 690 children attending the 5th grade in primary schools (9-11 years old) in the city of Parma (Italy) involved in the Giocampus educational program. This was achieved through (i) measuring anthropometric data to compute body mass index; (ii) administering a food questionnaire to evaluate adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (KIDMED score); and (iii) administering a lifestyle questionnaire to classify children physical activity level (PAL), sleep duration, and school achievement. A highly significant negative association was found between BMI and sleep hours. Moreover, there was a significant positive association between PAL and KIDMED scores. No evidence was found of association between BMI and PAL, nor between BMI and KIDMED score. Data from this study established that BMI is correlated to gender and sleep duration, defining sleep habits as one of the factors linked to overweight and obesity.
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