Associations of sleep with food cravings and loss-of-control eating in youth: An ecological momentary assessment study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inconsistent sleep patterns may promote excess weight gain by increasing food cravings and loss-of-control (LOC)-eating; however, these relationships have not been elucidated in youth.

Objective

We tested whether sleep duration and timing were associated with food cravings and LOC-eating.

Method

For 14 days, youths wore actigraphy monitors to assess sleep and reported severity of food cravings and LOC-eating using ecological momentary assessment. Generalized linear mixed models tested the associations between weekly and nightly shifts in facets of sleep (i.e., duration, onset, midpoint, and waketime) and next-day food cravings and LOC-eating. Models were re-run adjusting for relevant covariates (e.g., age, sex, adiposity).

Results

Among 48 youths (12

SUBMITTER: Parker MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature