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Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Weight-Control Strategies Among US High School Students

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Wheaton, Anne G., Perry, Geraldine S., Chapman, Daniel P., Croft, Janet B.·2013·Sleep
DOI 10.5665/sleep.2872PMC PMC3700710
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if self-reported sleep duration was associated with weight-control behaviors among US high school students. DESIGN: National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. SETTING: United States, 2007. PARTICIPANTS: US high school students (N = 12,087). MEASUREMENTS: Students were asked if they had engaged in several weight-control behaviors during the 30 days before the survey to lose or maintain weight. Self-reported sleep duration categories included very short (≤ 5 h), short (6 or 7 h), referent moderate (8 or 9 h), and long (≥ 10 h). Sex-specific logistic regression analyses with race/ethnicity, grade, and body mass index category as covariates were conducted using SUDAAN to account for complex study design. RESULTS: Approximately half the students reported short sleep duration (51.8% of males and 54.3% of females), whereas very short sleep durations were reported by another 14.8% of males and 16.9% of females. Among males, very short sleepers were significantly (P < 0.05) more likely than moderate sleepers to report dieting (36.3% versus 26.1%), fasting (14.2% versus 4.3%), and purging (4.3% versus 1.1%) to lose or maintain weight during the 30 days before the survey. Among females, the respective very short, short, and moderate sleepers varied (P < 0.05) in dieting (59.9%, 55.0%, and 47.5% respectively), fasting (28.3%, 15.2%, and 10.3%, respectively), and taking diet pills (13.3%, 6.8%, and 4.3%, respectively). Prevalence of purging was significantly higher only for very short sleepers (12.3%, 6.0%, and 3.9%, respectively). CONCLUSION: Self-reported short sleep duration was associated with dieting and three unhealthy weight-control behaviors in this population. If our findings are confirmed, intervention studies should be conducted to examine the effect of educational interventions.

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  • A few studies show an association between insufficient sleep and unhealthy weight control strategies.

    “In addition, a few studies have shown an association between insufficient sleep and unhealthy risk behaviors including alcohol use,17,19,20,22 tobacco smoking,20,22 marijuana use,20,22 use of other illicit/prescription drugs,22 unhealthy weight control strategies,26 and recent sexual activity.20”

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  1. [27]27. Latzer Y, Tzischinsky O, Epstein R, Klein E, Peretz L. Naturalistic sleep monitoring in women suffering from bulimia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord 1999;26:315-21.

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Authors
Wheaton, A. G., Perry, G. S., Chapman, D. P., & Croft, J. B.
Affiliations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
Corresponding author
Wheaton, Anne G.
ORCID
Venue
Sleep
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2013-08-01
Volume
36
Issue
8
Pages
1139-1145
ISSN
  • 0161-8105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9109
DOI
10.5665/sleep.2872
PMC
PMC3700710
OpenAlex
W1967693889
Cited by
33
References
44
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3.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • SLEEP (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U50CD300860, 3U50CD300860)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords
sleep duration, weight control behaviors, adolescents, dieting, fasting, purging, weight loss pills, short sleep duration, sex differences, body mass index, obesity prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Body Weight, Diet, Reducing, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Students, Time Factors, United States, Self Report, Weight Reduction Programs

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