ArticleAdolescent health, medicine and therapeutics2019
Poor sleep and adolescent obesity risk: a narrative review of potential mechanisms.
Article in Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06300684 (Sleep, Diet and Chrononutrition), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Sleep, Diet and Chrononutrition: Studying the Dual Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) on Sleep and Dietary Habits
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Shared Determinants of Poor Sleep, Obesity and Adiposity in Adolescents Aged 8-18-Years: A Systematic Review.Journal of sleep research · 2025Pooled it
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- Daytime sleepiness, addictive-like eating, and obesity sequelae in Black and African American youth with obesity.Sleep health · 2022Trial
- Earlier bedtimes and more sleep displace sedentary behavior but not moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in adolescents.Sleep health · 2022Trial
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associations with lifestyle habits among late adolescents in the Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia: a cross‑sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Intensive online contact, sleep difficulties, and overweight among Swedish adolescents: findings from the 2017/18 and 2021/22 HBSC surveys.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Associations Among Sleep, Emotional Eating, and Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescents.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Prevalence and patterns of sleep disturbances in pediatric psychiatric and non-psychiatric populations: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Worldwide Prevalence of Poor Sleep Quality in Adolescents Aged 10-19 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2026Review
- 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
- Adolescent circadian sleep health: a review of multimodal assessment strategies and clinical implications.Frontiers in sleep · 2026Review
- Role of diet and physical activity on sleep and sleep parenting for Latine 2-to-5-year-olds.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Independent and Joint Prospective Associations of Screen Time and Sleep Disturbance with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Among U.S. Adolescents.Childhood obesity (Print) · 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
- A biopsychosocial approach to sleep health during puberty: Individual and contextual aspects and the role of gender differences. A narrative review.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
- 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
- Sleep extension and cardiometabolic health: what it is, possible mechanisms and real-world applications.The Journal of physiology · 2024Review
- The Integration of Sleep Research Into Eating Disorders Research: Recommendations and Best Practices.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
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Abstract
Poor sleep is related to increased obesity risk in adolescents, though the mechanisms of this relationship are unclear. This paper presents a conceptual framework of the various pathways that have been proposed to drive this relationship. In this framework, increased food reward, emotional reactivity, decreased inhibitory control, metabolic disturbances, poorer dietary quality, and disrupted meal timings may increase the likelihood of increasing overall energy intake. This paper further notes how poor sleep increases sedentary behavior and screen time, which likely limits overall energy expenditure. The model posits that these mechanisms result in an imbalance of energy intake and expenditure following poor sleep, intensifying the overall risk for obesity. Increases in food reward processes, decreases in insulin sensitivity, disrupted meal timing, and increases in sedentary behavior seem to be the most compelling mechanisms linking poor sleep with increased obesity risk in adolescents. Future directions and clinical implications of this framework are discussed.
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