Eating habits and sleep patterns of adolescents with depression symptoms in Mumbai, India.

ABSTRACT: Adolescents with depression engage in unhealthy eating habits and irregular sleep patterns and are often at an increased risk for weight-related problems. Improvement in these lifestyle behaviours may help to prevent depression, but knowledge about the associations between depression, sleep, eating habits and body weight among adolescents in India is limited. This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of depression and its association with sleep patterns, eating habits and body weight status among a convenience sample of 527 adolescents, ages 10-17 years in Mumbai, India. Participants completed a survey on sleep patterns such as sleep duration, daytime sleepiness and sleep problems and eating habits such as frequency of breakfast consumption, eating family meals and eating out.

SUBMITTER: Moitra P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7752132 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature