Individual Circadian Preference, Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Dangerous Liaison? A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Obesity and other eating disorders are an actual public health problem, especially in childhood and adolescents, and could be also related with chronotype. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the relationship between eating disorders, obesity and the different chronotypes in children and adolescents. A systematic review of observational studies evaluating young populations dealing with and evaluating chronotype was conducted. Electronic searches were performed in six international databases. A qualitative thematic-categorical analysis was carried out and a random-effects model was used for the quantitative analysis (meta-analysis). Fifteen studies were included, but quantitative analysis was only carried out in three of them. Children and adolescents with an evening chronoty

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Cortes FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8870066 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature