Temporal changes in obesity and sleep habits in Hong Kong Chinese school children: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT: We examined the temporal changes in obesity and sleep habits and their relationship in a prospective cohort of healthy Chinese adolescents. We collected data on anthropometric and questionnaire-measured sleep parameters in 2007-2008. 516 participants returned for examinations in 2013-2015. General obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥age- and sex-specific 95^th percentile or ≥25 kg/m² for participants aged <18 or ≥18 years, respectively. Central obesity was defined as waist circumference (WC) ≥ age- and sex-specific 90^th percentile or using adult cut-offs. After a mean follow-up of 6.2 ± 0.5 years, the mean BMI increased from 18.5 ± 3.1 to 20.9 ± 3.4 kg/m². The corresponding WC were 63.7 ± 8.9 and 69.8 ± 9.7 cm. General obesity rate incre

SUBMITTER: Lim LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature