Bawazeer, Nahla M., Al-Daghri, Nasser M., Valsamakis, Georgios, Al-Rubeaan, Khalid A., Sabico, Shaun, Huang, Terry T. -K., Mastorakos, George and Kumar, Sudhesh. (2009) Sleep duration and quality associated with obesity among Arab children. Obesity, Vol.17 (No.12). pp. 2251-2253. ISSN 1930-7381

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Abstract

The link between sleep duration and obesity has been well established in adults, but several epidemiological studies revealed inconsistent findings in adolescents and younger children. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep length and obesity in Saudi students. A total of 5,877 Saudi students, boys (55.2%) and girls (44.8%), aged between 10 and 19 years were randomly selected from elementary, intermediate, and secondary schools in different regions of Riyadh. A questionnaire on sleep behaviors was given. Anthropometry included BMI and waist and hip circumferences. Sleeping <= 7 h significantly increased the risk of obesity in both boys and girls (all age categories) (odds ratio = 1.25-1.38, 95% confidence intervals = 1.02-1.89). Overall prevalence of overweight and obese were higher among those sleeping intermittently (18.68%) than those sleeping continuously (14.5%) (P = 0.024). Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality are significantly associated with obesity among Arab youth. Further studies need to employ more objective measures of sleep, such as actigraphy, and examine the mechanism of these associations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Journal or Publication Title:	Obesity
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
ISSN:	1930-7381
Official Date:	December 2009
Volume:	Vol.17
Number:	No.12
Number of Pages:	3
Page Range:	pp. 2251-2253
Identification Number:	10.1038/oby.2009.169
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	College of Science Research Center, King Saud University
Grant number:	BI0 2006/29
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/16925

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