The relationship between sleep duration and physical activity level among Norwegian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure to adhere to sleep and physical activity recommendations among adolescents constitutes a public health problem. However, the associations between sleep duration and adolescents' physical activity levels remain less explored. The aims of this paper were twofold: (1) to describe sleep and physical activity levels among Norwegian school-based adolescents, stratified by school level and sex and (2) to explore the association between sleep and physical activity levels.

Methods

Data were derived from the 2022 Norwegian Ungdata Survey, totaling 63,113 adolescents from lower (aged 13 to 16 years) and upper (aged 16 to 19 years) secondary schools. Study variables were measured using single-item questions from the Ungdata survey and collected through an electronic q

SUBMITTER: Grasaas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11634845 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature