Sleep and obesity among children: A systematic review of multiple sleep dimensions.

ABSTRACT: The objectives were to systematically investigate the multiple dimensions of sleep and their association with overweight or obesity among primary school-aged children. CINHAL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Medline, Cochrane, Embase, and PubMed databases were searched for papers reporting on an association between children's sleep and weight status. Studies on clinical populations, published in languages other than English, without objectively measured weight status, or where weight status was reported outside the outlined age bracket (5-13 years) were excluded. A total of 34  248 citations were extracted from our systematic search protocol, of which 112 were included for detailed review. Compared with sleep duration, of which 86/103 articles found a significant inverse association between sleep d

SUBMITTER: Morrissey B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7154640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature