Open AccessSleep onset, duration, or regularity: which matters most for child adiposity outcomes?
Author(s) -
T Glasgow,
Elizabeth L. Adams,
Albert J. Ksinan,
D. Jeremy Barsell,
Jessica R. LunsfordAvery,
Shanshan Chen,
Scott H. Kollins,
Julia C. Schechter,
Rachel L. Maguire,
Matthew M. Engelhard,
Bernard F. Fuemmeler
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-022-01140-0
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , body mass index , actigraphy , demography , waist to height ratio , obesity , circumference , sleep (system call) , pediatrics , circadian rhythm , geometry , mathematics , sociology , computer science , operating system
Sleep 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.