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Sleep differences in one‐year‐old children were related to obesity risks based on their parents’ weight according to baseline longitudinal study data
Author(s) -
Ekstedt Mirjam,
Darkeh Mojgan Haji Seyed Ebrahim,
Xiu Lijuan,
Forssén Michaela,
Johansson Elin,
Ek Anna,
Svensson Viktoria,
Ekbom Kerstin,
Marcus Claude
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.13657
Subject(s) - bedtime , medicine , obesity , body mass index , sleep (system call) , sleep onset latency , risk factor , childhood obesity , pediatrics , longitudinal study , sleep onset , insomnia , psychiatry , overweight , pathology , computer science , operating system
Abstract Aim Parental obesity is the predominant risk factor for child obesity. We compared sleep in one‐year‐old children with different obesity risks, based on parental weight, and explored associations with weight, parental sleep and family factors. Methods Baseline data from 167 families participating in a longitudinal obesity prevention programme was used. Sleep patterns were compared between groups with high and low obesity risks, based on parental weight, and associations between child sleep and weight status, family obesity risk and parental sleep were explored. Sleep was assessed using child sleep diaries and standard parental questionnaires. Results Later bedtime, longer sleep onset latency and lower sleep efficiency were observed among children in the high‐risk group. Child sleep onset latency was associated with the family obesity risk ( β = 0.25, p = 0.001), child bedtime with both maternal ( β = 0.33, p < 0.01) and paternal bedtime ( β = 0.22, p < 0.05) and child sleep efficiency with maternal sleep quality ( β = 0.20, p < 0.01). The child's bedtime was weakly associated with their body mass index ( β = 0.17, p < 0.05). Conclusion Sleep differed between one‐year‐old children with high or low obesity risks, based on their parents’ body mass index, and was associated with the family obesity risk and parental sleep. The child's bedtime was weakly associated with their weight status.