ArticlePediatric obesity2022
Associations of sleep with food cravings and loss-of-control eating in youth: An ecological momentary assessment study.
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- The Association Between Disordered Eating and Sleep in Non-Clinical Populations-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sleep research · 2026Pooled it
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- 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
- Sleep and chrononutrition: a narrative review.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Review
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- Momentary Associations Across Specific Affective States and Dysregulated Eating Experiences Among Children and Adolescents With Loss of Control Eating Symptoms.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Sleep and binge eating in early adolescents: a prospective cohort study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Adolescent sleep and food cravings: randomized controlled trial of a sleep intervention.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Sleep Restriction and Weekend Sleep Compensation Relate to Eating Behavior in School-Aged Children.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Temporal prediction of suicidal ideation in an ecological momentary assessment study with recurrent neural networks.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Associations between prenatal loss of control eating and cardiovascular health during pregnancy.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024Article
- State-level working memory and dysregulated eating in children and adolescents: An exploratory ecological momentary assessment study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- State negative affect in relation to loss-of-control eating among children and adolescents in the natural environment.Appetite · 2022Article
- Heart Rate Variability and Laboratory-Based Loss-of-Control Eating in Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Sleep duration and eating behaviours among adolescents: a scoping review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInconsistent sleep patterns may promote excess weight gain by increasing food cravings and loss-of-control (LOC)-eating; however, these relationships have not been elucidated in youth.
objectiveWe tested whether sleep duration and timing were associated with food cravings and LOC-eating.
methodFor 14 days, youths wore actigraphy monitors to assess sleep and reported severity of food cravings and LOC-eating using ecological momentary assessment. Generalized linear mixed models tested the associations between weekly and nightly shifts in facets of sleep (i.e., duration, onset, midpoint, and waketime) and next-day food cravings and LOC-eating. Models were re-run adjusting for relevant covariates (e.g., age, sex, adiposity).
resultsAmong 48 youths (12.88 ± 2.69 years, 68.8% female, 33.3% with overweight/obesity), neither weekly nor nightly facets of sleep were significantly associated with food cravings (ps = 0.08-0.93). Youths with shorter weekly sleep duration (est. ß = -0.31, p = 0.004), earlier weekly midpoints (est. ß = -0.47, p = 0.010) and later weekly waketimes (est. ß = 0.49, p = 0.010) reported greater LOC-eating severity; findings persisted in adjusted models.
conclusionsIn youth, weekly, but not nightly, shifts in multiple facets of sleep were associated with LOC-eating severity; associations were not significant for food cravings. Sleep should be assessed as a potentially modifiable target in paediatric LOC-eating and obesity prevention programs.
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