ArticleNutrients2023
Artificial Light-at-Night Exposure and Overweight and Obesity across GDP Levels among Chinese Children and Adolescents.
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- Impact of artificial light at night on obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The Light-Eye-Brain Axis: Neurobiological Links Between Mood Disorders and Myopia-A Narrative Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- The Effects of Light on Vertebrate Welfare: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Association between indoor light at night and obesity among children and adolescents at different physical activity levels: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Weighty Consequences: Pollution's Hidden Weight in the Obesity Epidemic: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Trajectories of night light exposure and risk of overweight and obesity: a 15-year longitudinal cohort study of 218,239 Chinese children.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Accelerometry-assessed sleep clusters and obesity in adolescents and young adults: a longitudinal analysis in GINIplus/LISA birth cohorts.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Article
- Decoding Behcet's Uveitis: an In-depth review of pathogenesis and therapeutic advances.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Review
- Outdoor artificial light at night exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: a case-control study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- [Association of outdoor artificial light at night exposure with overweight and obesity among children and adolescents aged 9 to 18 years in China].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence in adults suggests that exposure to artificial light-at-night (ALAN) leads to obesity. However, little is known about whether this effect exists in children and adolescents. We aimed to investigate whether ALAN exposure was associated with overweight and obesity in school-aged children and adolescents and whether this association varied with socioeconomic status.
methodsData on the height and weight of 129,500 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years from 72 cities were extracted from the 2014 Chinese National Survey on Students' Constitution and Health (CNSSCH). The ALAN area percentage and average ALAN intensity were calculated using the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite. The subjects were separated into three categories based on the cities' gross domestic product per capita (GDPPC). A mixed-effect logistic regression model and generalized additive model (GAM) were utilized to evaluate the association between ALAN exposure and overweight and obesity in children and adolescents stratified by municipal GDPPC.
resultsBoth ALAN area (OR = 1.194, 95% CI: 1.175-1.212) and ALAN intensity (OR = 1.019, 95% CI: 1.017-1.020) were positively associated with overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, and the associations remained robust after adjusting for covariates. ORs for overweight and obesity and ALAN area decreased as GDPPC level increased (first tertile: OR = 1.457, 95% CI: 1.335-1.590; second tertile: OR = 1.350, 95% CI: 1.245-1.464; third tertile: OR = 1.100, 95% CI: 1.081-1.119). Similar results were observed for ALAN intensity. In the GAM models, thresholds existed in almost all these spline trends, indicating that ALAN might have a nonlinear association with overweight and obesity.
conclusionsALAN contributed to the development of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents and this effect differed with GDPPC. Future longitudinal studies should confirm the causal relationship between ALAN and obesity. Moreover, reducing unnecessary exposure to artificial light at night may have beneficial implications for controlling childhood and adolescent obesity, particularly in low-income areas.
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