Unhealthy Diet Is Associated With Poor Sleep in Preschool-Aged Children.

ABSTRACT: Unhealthy dietary choices are associated with poor sleep in children through adults. Yet, how diet and sleep are related in early childhood, when diet is reliant on parent choices around food availability, is unknown. The authors aimed to explore how frequency of fruit, vegetable, fast food, and soda consumption are associated with preschool children's sleep quality. They also considered how parenting factors may impact the relationship between children's sleep and diet. Actigraphy data were collected from 383 children 33-70 months old. Caregivers reported on child food and beverage frequency, demographics, and health items. Parenting strategies were assessed using the Parenting Scale. Multiple linear regression was used to examine associations between sleep and dietary measures with socio

SUBMITTER: Holmes JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764816 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature