Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study

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dc.contributor.authorDelahunt, Anna
dc.contributor.authorConway, Marie C.
dc.contributor.authorMcDonnell, Ciara
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Sharleen L.
dc.contributor.authorO'Keeffe, Linda M.
dc.contributor.authorKearney, Patricia M.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderSeventh Framework Programmeen
dc.contributor.funderChildren’s Hospital Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderNational Children's Research Centreen
dc.contributor.funderNational Maternity Hospital, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-13T14:34:15Z
dc.date.available2021-08-13T14:34:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-21
dc.date.updated2021-08-13T14:12:53Z
dc.description.abstractInadequate sleep and poor eating behaviours are associated with higher risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Less is known about the influence sleep has on eating behaviours and consequently body composition. Furthermore, whether associations differ in boys and girls has not been investigated extensively. We investigate associations between sleep, eating behaviours and body composition in cross-sectional analysis of 5-year-old children. Weight, height, BMI, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), abdominal circumference (AC) and skinfold measurements were obtained. Maternal reported information on child’s eating behaviour and sleep habits were collected using validated questionnaires. Multiple linear regression examined associations between sleep, eating behaviours and body composition. Sleep duration was negatively associated with BMI, with 1-h greater sleep duration associated with 0·24 kg/m2 (B = 0·24, CI −0·42, −0·03, P = 0·026) lower BMI and 0·21 cm lower (B = –0·21, CI −0·41, −0·02, P = 0·035) MUAC. When stratified by sex, girls showed stronger inverse associations between sleep duration (h) and BMI (kg/m2) (B = –0·32; CI −0·60, −0·04, P = 0·024), MUAC (cm) (B = –0·29; CI −0·58, 0·000, P = 0·05) and AC (cm) (B = –1·10; CI −1·85, −0·21, P = 0·014) than boys. Positive associations for ‘Enjoys Food’ and ‘Food Responsiveness’ with BMI, MUAC and AC were observed in girls only. Inverse associations between sleep duration and ‘Emotional Undereating’ and ‘Food Fussiness’ were observed in both sexes, although stronger in boys. Sleep duration did not mediate the relationship between eating behaviours and BMI. Further exploration is required to understand how sleep impacts eating behaviours and consequently body composition and how sex influences this relationship.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Maternity Hospital, Ireland (Medical Fund)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationDelahunt, A., Conway, M. C., McDonnell, C., O'Reilly, S. L., O'Keeffe, L. M.and Kearney, P. M. (2021) 'Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study', British Journal of Nutrition. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521002725en
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0007114521002725en
dc.identifier.eissn1475-2662
dc.identifier.issn0007-1145
dc.identifier.journaltitleBritish Journal of Nutritionen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11741
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP1::KBBE/289346/EU/Long-term effects of early nutrition on later health/EARLYNUTRITIONen
dc.rights© 2021, the Authors. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society. This material is free to view and download for personal use only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectEating behavioursen
dc.subjectSleep durationen
dc.subjectBody compositionen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectAbdominal circumferenceen
dc.subjectMid upper arm circumferenceen
dc.titleSleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort studyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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