@article{ref1,
title="Insufficient sleep among elementary and middle school students is linked with elevated soda consumption and other unhealthy dietary behaviors",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2015",
author="Franckle, Rebecca L. and Falbe, Jennifer and Gortmaker, Steven and Ganter, Claudia and Taveras, Elsie M. and Land, Thomas and Davison, Kirsten K.",
volume="74",
number="",
pages="36-41",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examines the extent to which insufficient sleep is associated with diet quality in students taking part in the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Project. <br><br>METHODS: Data were collected in Fall 2012 for all 4(th) and 7(th) grade children enrolled in public schools in two Massachusetts communities. During annual BMI screening, students completed a survey that assessed diet, physical activity, screen time, and sleep. Of the 2456 enrolled students, 1870 (76%) had complete survey data. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine associations between sleep duration and dietary outcomes (vegetables, fruit, 100% juice, juice drinks, soda, sugar-sweetened beverages and water), accounting for clustering by school. Models were adjusted for community, grade, race/ethnicity, gender, television in the bedroom, screen time, and physical activity. <br><br>RESULTS: In adjusted models, students who reported sleeping <10hours/day consumed soda more frequently (β=0.11, 95% CI:0.03, 0.20) and vegetables less frequently (β=-0.09, 95% CI:-0.18, -0.01) compared with students who reported ≥10hours/day. No significant associations were observed between sleep duration and fruit, 100% juice, juice drinks or water. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In this population, insufficient sleep duration was associated with more frequent soda and less frequent vegetable consumption. Longitudinal research is needed to further examine these relationships.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.02.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.02.007"
}