Children's sleep quality: relation with sleep duration and adiposity

Children's sleep quality: relation with sleep duration and adiposity

A trend towards insufficient sleep duration and increasing sleep problems has been reported in children.[1] Several reviews have linked short sleep duration with adiposity, showing the strongest association in children and young adults.[2,3] Apart from sleep duration (hours spent in bed), sleep qual...

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Published in:Public health (London) Vol. 128; no. 5; pp. 488 - 490
Main Authors: Michels, N, Verbeiren, A, Ahrens, W, De Henauw, S, Sioen, I
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2014
Subjects:
Actigraphy
Adiposity - physiology
Age Factors
Belgium - epidemiology
Body Composition - physiology
Body Mass Index
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Linear Models
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Overweight - epidemiology
Parents - education
Parents - psychology
Sex Factors
Sleep - physiology
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Physiological
Time Factors
Belgium
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Summary:A trend towards insufficient sleep duration and increasing sleep problems has been reported in children.[1] Several reviews have linked short sleep duration with adiposity, showing the strongest association in children and young adults.[2,3] Apart from sleep duration (hours spent in bed), sleep quality (i.e. an undisturbed, efficient sleep) should not be ignored. When having problems falling asleep or when suffering from frequent awakenings, actual sleep duration decreases and the body will not spend enough time in critical sleep phases, even if the total sleep duration remains sufficient.[1] Mostly, sleep quality has been measured by questionnaire (questions on problems falling asleep and frequent awakenings), but sleep quality can also be measured objectively with actigraphy (sleep efficiency by measuring movements during sleep) or polysomnography (measuring sleep architecture).
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ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2014.02.003