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The association between sleep patterns and overweight/obesity in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, August 2015
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The association between sleep patterns and overweight/obesity in Chinese children: a cross-sectional study
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Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, August 2015
DOI 10.2147/ndt.s90838
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Bin Zhang, Yanli Hao, Jiangyan Zhou, Fujun Jia, Xueli Li, Yi Tang, Huirong Zheng

Abstract

This study evaluated the association between sleep patterns and the risk of being overweight/obese in Chinese children. A total of 3,086 children (1,608 boys and 1,478 girls) between 7 and 14 years of age and studying in primary schools were recruited as eligible study participants in this study. We collected the information about children regarding sleep patterns, body height and weight, insomnia, healthy status, time allocation of daily activities, and demographic characteristics using a parental-reported questionnaire. Overweight/obese children were younger, predominantly male, and more prone to have suffered from illness in the past 12 months compared to normal-weight peers. They were also less prone to compensate for sleep deficits during weekends (47.6% vs 39.1%; χ (2)=11.637, P<0.001) and holidays (52.0% vs 42.0%; χ (2)=16.057, P<0.001). Sleep duration on weekdays did not affect the risk of being overweight/obese. The adjusted odds ratios for overweight/obesity (noncompensated) group using the compensated group as a reference were 1.197 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.004-1.493) during weekends and 1.309 (95% CI: 1.052-1.630) during holidays. Compensation for sleep deficits on non-weekdays may ameliorate the risk of being overweight/obese in Chinese children. Moreover, no significant association between the risk of being overweight/obese and sleep duration on weekdays was demonstrated in the current study, which may be due to pervasive sleep insufficiency on weekdays in Chinese children.

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Unknown 52 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 12%
Student > Master 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Other 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 19 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 15%
Psychology 4 8%
Sports and Recreations 3 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 23 44%
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#17,286,379
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#1,901
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#165,173
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#80
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