ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2022
Sleep onset, duration, or regularity: which matters most for child adiposity outcomes?
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- Sex- and Ethnic Differences in the Cross-sectional Association Between Sleep Regularity and Obesity Among US Adults, NHANES 2011-2014.Journal of biological rhythms · 2026Article
- Sleep Duration and Timing in Relation to BMI and Readiness to Change Lifestyle Behaviors: Results From a Pediatric Weight Management Clinic.Clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- Sleep Irregularity, Circadian Disruption, and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk.Circulation research · 2025Review
- Prevalence and Determinants of Elevated High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Concentrations in Belgian Children and Adolescents With Overweight or Obesity.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Validating CircaCP: a generic sleep-wake cycle detection algorithm for unlabelled actigraphy data.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- The association between sleep and early pubertal development in Chinese children: a school population-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesSleep measures, such as duration and onset timing, are associated with adiposity outcomes among children. Recent research among adults has considered variability in sleep and wake onset times, with the Sleep Regularity Index (SRI) as a comprehensive metric to measure shifts in sleep and wake onset times between days. However, little research has examined regularity and adiposity outcomes among children. This study examined the associations of three sleep measures (i.e., sleep duration, sleep onset time, and SRI) with three measures of adiposity (i.e., body mass index [BMI], waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]) in a pediatric sample. SUBJECTS/
methodsChildren (ages 4-13 years) who were part of the U.S. Newborn Epigenetic STudy (NEST) participated. Children (N = 144) wore an ActiGraph for 1 week. Sleep measures were estimated from actigraphy data. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured by trained researchers. BMI and WHtR was calculated with the objectively measured waist and height values. Multiple linear regression models examined associations between child sleep and adiposity outcomes, controlling for race/ethnicity, child sex, age, mothers' BMI and sleep duration.
resultsWhen considering sleep onset timing and duration, along with demographic covariates, sleep onset timing was not significantly associated with any of the three adiposity measures, but a longer duration was significantly associated with a lower BMI Z-score (β = -0.29, p < 0.001), waist circumference (β = -0.31, p < 0.001), and WHtR (β = -0.38, p < 0.001). When considering SRI and duration, duration remained significantly associated with the adiposity measures. The SRI and adiposity associations were in the expected direction, but were non-significant, except the SRI and WHtR association (β = -0.16, p = 0.077) was marginally non-significant.
conclusionsSleep duration was consistently associated with adiposity measures in children 4-13 years of age. Pediatric sleep interventions should focus first on elongating nighttime sleep duration, and examine if this improves child adiposity outcomes.
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