Longer sleep duration during infancy and toddlerhood predicts weight normalization among high birth weight infants.

ABSTRACT: High birth weight (HBW; ≥ 4000 g) is strongly associated with later overweight, yet little is known about how to disrupt this trajectory. The current study examined sleep practices during infancy and toddlerhood among children born HBW or normal birth weight (NBW; 2500-3999 g). Latent growth curve models were used to examine sleep during infancy and toddlerhood among 270 mother-child dyads enrolled in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment Study. Total sleep duration in 24 hr, sleep maintenance, and restlessness/vocalizations were collected at 6 month intervals between ages 6 and 24 months. Height and weight were obtained at ages 24 or 36 months, and normal and overweight BMI were derived. Sleep was examined among children with a normal BMI during the preschool years who were

SUBMITTER: Goetz AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6369726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature