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Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has risen greatly worldwide. Diet and poor physical activity are the two risk factors usually examined, but epidemiological evidence exists suggesting a link between sleep duration and overweight/obesity in children. The aim of this study was to d...

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Autores principales: Rosi, Alice, Calestani, Maria Vittoria, Parrino, Liborio, Milioli, Giulia, Palla, Luigi, Volta, Elio, Brighenti, Furio, Scazzina, Francesca
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5490558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28587277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9060579
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author Rosi, Alice
Calestani, Maria Vittoria
Parrino, Liborio
Milioli, Giulia
Palla, Luigi
Volta, Elio
Brighenti, Furio
Scazzina, Francesca
author_facet Rosi, Alice
Calestani, Maria Vittoria
Parrino, Liborio
Milioli, Giulia
Palla, Luigi
Volta, Elio
Brighenti, Furio
Scazzina, Francesca
author_sort Rosi, Alice
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description The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has risen greatly worldwide. Diet and poor physical activity are the two risk factors usually examined, but epidemiological evidence exists suggesting a link between sleep duration and overweight/obesity in children. The aim of this study was to describe the relationship among body mass index (BMI), diet quality, physical activity level, and sleep duration in 690 children attending the 5th grade in primary schools (9–11 years old) in the city of Parma (Italy) involved in the Giocampus educational program. This was achieved through (i) measuring anthropometric data to compute body mass index; (ii) administering a food questionnaire to evaluate adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (KIDMED score); and (iii) administering a lifestyle questionnaire to classify children physical activity level (PAL), sleep duration, and school achievement. A highly significant negative association was found between BMI and sleep hours. Moreover, there was a significant positive association between PAL and KIDMED scores. No evidence was found of association between BMI and PAL, nor between BMI and KIDMED score. Data from this study established that BMI is correlated to gender and sleep duration, defining sleep habits as one of the factors linked to overweight and obesity.
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spelling pubmed-54905582017-07-03 Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children Rosi, Alice Calestani, Maria Vittoria Parrino, Liborio Milioli, Giulia Palla, Luigi Volta, Elio Brighenti, Furio Scazzina, Francesca Nutrients Article The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children has risen greatly worldwide. Diet and poor physical activity are the two risk factors usually examined, but epidemiological evidence exists suggesting a link between sleep duration and overweight/obesity in children. The aim of this study was to describe the relationship among body mass index (BMI), diet quality, physical activity level, and sleep duration in 690 children attending the 5th grade in primary schools (9–11 years old) in the city of Parma (Italy) involved in the Giocampus educational program. This was achieved through (i) measuring anthropometric data to compute body mass index; (ii) administering a food questionnaire to evaluate adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (KIDMED score); and (iii) administering a lifestyle questionnaire to classify children physical activity level (PAL), sleep duration, and school achievement. A highly significant negative association was found between BMI and sleep hours. Moreover, there was a significant positive association between PAL and KIDMED scores. No evidence was found of association between BMI and PAL, nor between BMI and KIDMED score. Data from this study established that BMI is correlated to gender and sleep duration, defining sleep habits as one of the factors linked to overweight and obesity. MDPI 2017-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5490558/ /pubmed/28587277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9060579 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Volta, Elio
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Scazzina, Francesca
Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title_full Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title_fullStr Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title_full_unstemmed Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title_short Weight Status Is Related with Gender and Sleep Duration but Not with Dietary Habits and Physical Activity in Primary School Italian Children
title_sort weight status is related with gender and sleep duration but not with dietary habits and physical activity in primary school italian children
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5490558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28587277
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9060579
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