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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Does the Proximity of Meals to Bedtime Influence the Sleep of Young Adults? A Cross-Sectional Survey of University Students.

Nikola Chung, Yu Sun Bin, Peter A Cistulli, Chin Moi Chow

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nikola ChungSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
Yu Sun BinSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4954-2658
Peter A CistulliSydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7920-4924
Chin Moi ChowSleep Research Group, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avoiding food before bedtime is a widely accepted sleep hygiene practice, yet few studies have assessed meal timing as a risk factor for disrupted sleep. This study examined the relationship between evening meal timing and sleep quality in young adults. A total of

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Feeding BehaviorMealsSleepUniversitiesAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsYoung Adulteating behavioursfood intakemeal timesleep disturbancesleep hygienesleep quality

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PMID32295235
PMCPMC7215804
OpenAlexW3017371784

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