It remains unclear how many
hours of sleep are associated with obesity in children and adolescent in
Turkey. The main purpose of this study was to determine the association between
sleep and body mass index (BMI), body fat ratio (BFR), waist circumference (WC)
in children and adolescents. Data were from a nationally representative sample
of 23633 people whose ages are 7-18 males and females from the Turkish Health
and Fitness Survey. The relationship
between sleep duration and body composition values were resolved by
"Pearson Correlation" analysis. In the total sample, there was a significant main effect across sleep duration
categories (5-6, 7-8, 9-10) for BMI, BFR and WC. Compared to those sleeping
durations, 9-10 sleepers have got lower BMI, BFR and WC and 5-6 hours sleepers
have got biggest BMI, BFR and WC. In conclusion In children and adolescent
reduced sleep durations are strongly associated with greater adiposity.
Journal Section | Makaleler |
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Publication Date | November 1, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 4 Issue: 2 |