ArticleJournal of sleep research2018
Sleep timing is associated with diet and physical activity levels in 9-11-year-old children from Dunedin, New Zealand: the PEDALS study.
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Diet, Physical Activity, and Sleep Habits
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Reallocating Time Between 24-h Movement Behaviors for Obesity Management Across the Lifespan: A Pooled Data Meta-Analysis of More Than 9800 Participants from Seven Countries.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Sleep timing and health indicators in children and adolescents: a systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022Pooled it
- Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions.Pediatric obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Optimal composition of movement behaviours for healthy weight across the lifespan: a one-stage individual participant data meta-analysis of 11 studies.Research square · 2026Article
- Factors associated with meeting the recommendations for physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep in adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- From Garden to Pillow: Understanding the Relationship between Plant-Based Nutrition and Quality of Sleep.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The association between irregularity in sleep-wake rhythm and CPAP adherence.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2024Article
- Chronotype is associated with eating behaviors, physical activity and overweight in school-aged children.Nutrition journal · 2023Article
- Association between Sleep Timing, Being Overweight and Meal and Snack Consumption in Children and Adolescents in Southern Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Objectively measured physical activity among treatment seeking children and adolescents with severe obesity and normal weight peers.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- Duration, timing, and consistency of sleep in relation to inflammatory cytokines in Mexican adolescents.Sleep medicine · 2022Article
- Characteristic Sleep Patterns and Associated Obesity in Adolescents.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Association between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, Sleep, Diet, and Adiposity among Children and Adolescents in China.Obesity facts · 2022Article
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- Beyond sleep duration: Sleep timing as a risk factor for childhood obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2021Observational
- Association between Sleep Timing and Weight Status among 14- to 19-Year-Old Adolescents in Wuhan, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Dietary Patterns in Relation to Prospective Sleep Duration and Timing among Mexico City Adolescents.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Effortful Control Moderates the Relation Between Electronic-Media Use and Objective Sleep Indicators in Childhood.Psychological science · 2020Article
- Relationships between Dietary Patterns and Indices of Arterial Stiffness and Central Arterial Wave Reflection in 9-11-Year-Old Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
It is well documented that short sleep duration is associated with excess body weight and poor food intake in children. It has been suggested that sleep timing behaviour may also be an important predictor of weight and other related behaviours, independent of sleep duration; however, there is a lack of research investigating these relationships. The present study investigated sleep timing in association with diet and physical activity levels in 439 children aged 9-11 years old from New Zealand. Sleep and physical activity data were collected using accelerometry, and food choice using a short food-frequency questionnaire. Participants were classified into one of four sleep timing behaviour categories using the median split for sleep-onset and -offset times. Differences between sleep timing groups for weekly consumption frequency of selected food groups, dietary pattern scores and minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were examined. Children in the late sleep/late wake category had a lower 'Fruit & Vegetables' pattern score [mean difference (95% CI): -0.3 (-0.5, -0.1)], a lower consumption frequency of fruit and vegetables [mean weekly difference (95% CI): -2.9 (-4.9, -0.9)] and a higher consumption frequency of sweetened beverages [mean weekly difference (95% CI): 1.8 (0.2, 3.3)] compared with those in the early sleep/early wake category. Additionally, children in the late sleep/late wake category accumulated fewer minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day compared with those in the early sleep/early wake category [mean difference (95% CI): -9.4 (-15.3, -3.5)]. These findings indicate that sleep timing, even after controlling for sleep duration, was associated with both food consumption and physical activity.
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