Associations of Parent Health Behaviors and Parenting Practices with Sleep Duration in Overweight and Obese Children.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine the extent to which parent health behaviors and parenting practices are associated with school-age children's sleep duration.

Methods

We surveyed 790 parents of children, aged 6 to 12 y, who had a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 90th percentile and were participating in a randomized controlled obesity trial. The main exposures were parent sleep duration, screen time and physical activity, parental limits placed on child TV viewing time and TV content, and parents' confidence regarding their ability to help their child get enough sleep. The primary outcome was child sleep duration. We used linear regression models to examine associations of parent behaviors and parenting practices with child sleep duration.

Results

On average, children slept 9.2 h p

SUBMITTER: Rea CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5078704 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature