Less physical activity and more varied and disrupted sleep is associated with a less favorable metabolic profile in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Sleep and physical activity are modifiable behaviors that play an important role in preventing overweight, obesity, and metabolic health problems. Studies of the association between concurrent objective measures of sleep, physical activity, and metabolic risk factors among adolescents are limited. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine the association between metabolic risk factors and objectively measured school day physical activity and sleep duration, quality, onset, and variability in adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We measured one school week of free-living sleep and physical activity with wrist actigraphy in 252 adolescents (146 girls), aged 15.8±0.3 years. Metabolic risk factors included body mass index, waist circumference, total body and trunk fat percentage,

SUBMITTER: Rognvaldsdottir V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228054 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature