Association between Sleep Timing, Being Overweight and Meal and Snack Consumption in Children and Adolescents in Southern Brazil

Denise Miguel Teixeira Roberto, Luciana Jeremias Pereira, Francilene Gracieli Kunradi Vieira, Patricia Faria Di Pietro, Maria Alice Altenburg de Assis and Patrícia de Fragas Hinnig ()
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Denise Miguel Teixeira Roberto: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Luciana Jeremias Pereira: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Francilene Gracieli Kunradi Vieira: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Patricia Faria Di Pietro: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Maria Alice Altenburg de Assis: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Patrícia de Fragas Hinnig: Post-Graduation Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 18, 1-16

Abstract: Sleep timing is one of the dimensions of sleep that refers to the time of day when sleep occurs. It has been included in sleep-related research because of the potential associations between being overweight and the consumption of meals and snacks. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate associations between sleep timing, meal and snack consumption and weight status in 1333 schoolchildren aged 7–14 years. The midpoint of sleep was used as a sleep timing measure obtained by the midpoint between bedtime and wake-up time, classified as Early, Intermediate, and Late. Schoolchildren in the Early group were less likely to be overweight (OR: 0.83, 95% CI 0.69; 0.99), and had higher odds of mid-morning snack consumption (OR: 1.95, 95% CI 1.56; 2.44) and lower probability to consume an evening snack (OR: 0.75, 95% CI 0.59; 0.94) compared with the Intermediate group. The Late group had lower odds of mid-morning snack consumption (OR: 0.67, 95% CI 0.55, 0.80) than the Intermediate group. The consumption of mid-morning and evening snacks was associated with the Early and Late midpoints of sleep. These results suggest that bedtime and wake-up time are relevant to consuming meals and snacks and may also be related to a greater probability of being overweight in children and adolescents.

Keywords: midpoint of sleep; eating events; meals; obesity; schoolchildren; bedtime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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