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Insufficient Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in a Chinese Population

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  • Qing-Hai Gong

    (Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China)

  • Si-Xuan Li

    (Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China)

  • Hui Li

    (Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China)

  • Jun Cui

    (Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China)

  • Guo-Zhang Xu

    (Ningbo Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ningbo 315010, China)

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and overweight/obesity among Chinese adolescents. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Chinese adolescents in 2016. In total, 2795 school-aged Chinese children aged 12 to 13 years participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete self-administered surveys during a 45-min class period in their classroom. Details of the questionnaire about health-related behaviors included sleep habits, physical activity, screen time, cigarette use, and alcohol use. Height, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference were directly measured. Results: The mean sleep duration was 8.7 h/day. In total, 43.0% of the participants had a sleep duration of less than 9 h/day. Sleep duration was significantly inversely related to BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference and WHtR in multiple linear regression analyses in both genders. Logistic regression models showed that insufficient sleep (<9 h/day) was associated with high odds of overweight/obesity among both young boys and girls. Conclusions: Insufficient sleep duration was associated with overweight/obesity in Chinese adolescents, and short sleep duration was probably associated with central adiposity, especially among boys.

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  • Qing-Hai Gong & Si-Xuan Li & Hui Li & Jun Cui & Guo-Zhang Xu, 2018. "Insufficient Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity among Adolescents in a Chinese Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-9, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:5:p:997-:d:146514
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