Daytime sleepiness, addictive-like eating, and obesity sequelae in Black and African American youth with obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of the current study was to examine the association between poor sleep health (ie, excessive daytime sleepiness), obesity sequelae (ie, percent overweight and serum leptin levels), and addictive-like eating behaviors, an obesity phenotype, in a sample of Black/African American (B/AA) adolescents.

Design

The current study analyzed archival baseline data from a sample of B/AA adolescents with obesity enrolled in a sequential randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Data were collected in the participants' homes by trained research assistants unaware of treatment condition.

Participants

A sample of 181 B/AA adolescents with obesity between the ages of 12 and 16 years (M = 14.26, SD = 1.46) and having a body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percenti

SUBMITTER: Pickett SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9771869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature