University Students' Sociodemographics, Physical Inactivity, and Inadequate and Poor-Quality Sleep Are Associated With Their Overweight/Obesity: Findings From a Case-Control Study in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Evidence confirms a high prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among university students in Bangladesh. The primary objective of this case-control study was to examine the association between overweight/obesity and sleep patterns (including sleep duration and quality) among university students in Bangladesh. The secondary objective was to identify the sociodemographic and lifestyle-related factors that predict overweight/obesity in the study population.

Methods

The sociodemographics and body mass index (BMI) were gathered from a sample of 330 university students (setting: one public university in Bangladesh). Sleep health was measured by the 19-item Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and compared between the cases (BMI ≥ 23.0 kg/m²) an

SUBMITTER: Banna MHA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825981 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature