Sweet/dessert foods are more appealing to adolescents after sleep restriction.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Examine the effect of experimental sleep restriction (SR) on adolescents' subjective hunger and perceived appeal of sweet/dessert foods versus other foods. A secondary goal was to replicate previous findings on the effects of SR on dietary intake.

Design

Randomized cross-over sleep restriction-extension paradigm.

Setting

Sleep was obtained and monitored at home. Outcome measures were gathered during office visits.

Participants

31 typically-developing adolescents aged 14-17 years.

Interventions

The three-week protocol consisted of a baseline week, followed randomly by five consecutive nights of SR (6.5 hours in bed) versus healthy sleep duration (HS; 10 hours in bed), a 2-night wash-out period, and a 5-night cross-over.

Measurements

SUBMITTER: Simon SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338308 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature