Not simply a matter of parents-Infants' sleep-wake patterns are associated with their regularity of eating.

ABSTRACT: In adults there are indications that regular eating patterns are related to better sleep quality. During early development, sleep and eating habits experience major maturational transitions. Further, the bacterial landscape of the gut microbiota undergoes a rapid increase in complexity. Yet little is known about the association between sleep, eating patterns and the gut microbiota. We first hypothesized that higher eating regularity is associated with more mature sleep patterns, and second, that this association is mediated by the maturational status of the gut microbiota. To test this hypothesis, we performed a longitudinal study in 162 infants to assess actigraphy, diaries of sleep and eating times, and stool microbiota composition at ages 3, 6 and 12 months. To comprehensively capture i

SUBMITTER: Muhlematter C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553286 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature