Obesity among adolescents: sedentary leisure time and sleeping as determinants

Liou, Yiing Mei; Liou, Tsan Hon; Chang, Lu Chuan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05293.x

Cited by 62 publications

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“…112 Early sleep patterns may influence BMI in adolescents and young adults as well. Longitudinal data suggest that children who sleep less, have later bedtimes, or get up earlier subsequently have higher BMIs and are more likely to be overweight, even after controlling for baseline BMI.…”

Section: Insufficient Sleep and Obesity Riskmentioning

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Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences

Owens¹

2014

Pediatrics

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Chronic sleep loss and associated sleepiness and daytime impairments in adolescence are a serious threat to the academic success, health, and safety of our nation’s youth and an important public health issue. Understanding the extent and potential short- and long-term repercussions of sleep restriction, as well as the unhealthy sleep practices and environmental factors that contribute to sleep loss in adolescents, is key in setting public policies to mitigate these effects and in counseling patients and families in the clinical setting. This report reviews the current literature on sleep patterns in adolescents, factors contributing to chronic sleep loss (ie, electronic media use, caffeine consumption), and health-related consequences, such as depression, increased obesity risk, and higher rates of drowsy driving accidents. The report also discusses the potential role of later school start times as a means of reducing adolescent sleepiness.

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Section: Insufficient Sleep and Obesity Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences

Owens¹

2014

Pediatrics

1,146

768

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“…1 Recent research has identified associations between various time use patterns and both physical and psychological health outcomes. [2][3][4][5][6] There is compelling evidence to suggest that socioeconomic position (SEP), particularly household income, is positively associated with child and adolescent health. 7 Youth health interventions are unlikely to alter parental income, but SEP-related time use behaviours are potentially modifiable.…”

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Social inequalities in health‐related use of time in Australian adolescents

Ferrar¹,

Olds²,

Maher³

et al. 2012

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…In adolescence there is less inhibition of the secretion of melatonin at the beginning of the light phase of the day and a slower accumulation of the tendency to sleep during the day, which may lead to a phase delay, more commonly observed in more advanced pubertal periods [24]. Thus, the biological and behavioral changes that occur during adolescence lead to a phase delay that, according to the social and school context, will reflect on a reduction of hours of sleep and an increase in daytime somnolence [25,26].…”

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Adolescence and Sleep

Ciampo¹,

Ciampo²

2016

J Comm Pub Health Nursing

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Sleep is a physiological condition characterized by a reversible behavioral state with changes in the level of awareness and responsiveness to stimuli and plays a fundamental role related to electrophysiological, neurochemical, anatomical and functional changes of the brain. It is controlled by chronobiological and homeostatic mechanisms and is intensely related to the periods of wakefulness. One of the most immediate results of the poor quality of sleep is the drop in performance on the next day, causing damage during wakefulness, such as drowsiness, mood fluctuations, anxiety, low self-esteem, slow thinking, memory loss, poor school and personal performance, and predisposition to accidents. Sleep plays an important role in the physical and emotional development of adolescents, who are going through a period of intense learning and differentiation. Paradoxically, however, nowadays, several factors contribute to the poor sleep of adolescents because of the social pressures that boost their activities such as excessive use of computer and phone, new affective relationships, parties, etc. All of these factors determine a reduction of nighttime sleep and consequent daytime sleepiness. The objective of the present study was to present some issues related to the physiology of the sleep-wake cycle and its implications in the daily life of teenagers, in an attempt to stimulate the thinking of professionals about the important aspects related to quality and quantity of sleep.

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Obesity among adolescents: sedentary leisure time and sleeping as determinants

Abstract: To help prevent obesity, strategies are needed to decrease adolescents sedentary leisure time and help them have sufficient sleep. Nurses can play a key role in health promotion in relation to childhood and adolescent obesity.

Cited by 62 publications

References 45 publications

Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences

Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences

Social inequalities in health‐related use of time in Australian adolescents

Adolescence and Sleep

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