Association of sleep, screen time and physical activity with overweight and obesity in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Approximately 70% of adults in Mexico are overweight or obese. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are also prevalent. We examined the association of three lifestyle behaviors with body mass index (BMI) categories in adults from Mexico.

Methods

We used publicly available data from the ENSANUT 2016 survey (n = 6419). BMI was used to categorize participants. Differences in sleep duration, suffering from symptoms of insomnia, TV watching time, time in front of any screen, vigorous physical activity (yes vs no), moderate physical activity (> 30 min/day-yes vs. no) and walking (> 60 min/day-yes vs. no) were compared across BMI groups using adjusted linear and logistic regression analyses.

Results

Thirty-nine percent of participants were overweight and 37% obese. Time in

SUBMITTER: Kolovos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895770 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature