Association Between Sleep Duration, Obesity, and School Failure Among Adolescents

Litsfeldt, Sofie; Ward, Teresa M.; Hagell, Peter; Garmy, Pernilla

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“…Maladaptive eating (e.g., eating disorders) frequently persists in adulthood even in the face of significant deterioration in psychological and physiological wellness and overall quality of life [ 9 , 52 ]. It has a strong negative impact on family and social engagement and imposes substantial costs including health-care and social services costs [ 53 ] and non-health-care costs associated with obesity such as job or school absenteeism [ 54 ], thus increasing the risk of mental disorders and disordered eating development in the future [ 54 , 55 ].…”

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“…Poor sleep quality is also a recurrent feature of student life and affects not only cognitive processes, but also recovery from stress and the elimination of fatigue, increasing the possibility of poor school performance [ 9 ]. Moreover, several studies have shown that sleeping problems including bad rest habits, correlate positively with both uncontrolled and emotional eating and substance use in differing populations [ 4 , 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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The present study explored the effects of a second-generation mindfulness-based intervention known as flow meditation (Meditación-Fluir) in the improvement of healthy life behaviors. A sample of university students (n = 51) in Spain were randomly assigned to a seven-week mindfulness treatment or a waiting list control group. Results showed that compared to the control group, individuals in the mindfulness group demonstrated significant improvements across all outcome measures including healthy eating habits (balanced diet, intake rate, snacking between meals, decrease in consumption by negative emotional states, increased consumption by negative emotional states, amount of consumption, meal times, consumption of low-fat products), tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption, and resting habits. There were differences between males and females in some of these variables and a better effect of the treatment was evident in the females of the experimental group when compared to the males. The flow meditation program shows promise for fostering a healthy lifestyle, thus decreasing behaviors related to maladaptive eating, tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption as well as negative rest habits in university students. This mindfulness program could significantly contribute to the treatment of eating disorders and addictions, wherein negative emotional states and impulsivity are central features of the condition.

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Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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“…Adopting NPAG improves diverse aspects of health such as cognitive function, disease and longevity [ 1 , 2 , 17 ]. Health research pertaining to adolescents is heavily focused on school or university ages [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Minimal studies explore 16–18-year-olds, which is a key transitionary life stage important in reinforcing lifestyle trajectories, thereby deeming valuable the recognition of their physical activity levels and the behaviours influencing physical activity engagement.…”

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Recognition of 16–18-Year-Old Adolescents for Guiding Physical Activity Interventions: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Butterfill

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Adolescence is a rapid life stage requiring special attention wherein personal autonomy is developed to govern independent lifestyles. Unhealthy lifestyles are integral to prevailing adolescent physical inactivity patterns. Understudied 16–18-year-olds were investigated to establish physical activity prevalences and influencing health-related lifestyle factors. Adolescents were recruited randomly across 2017–2019 from Farnborough College of Technology and North Kent College, UK. Demographic and health-related lifestyle information were gathered anonymously and analysed using SAS® 9.4 software. Among the 414 adolescents included (48.3% male and 51.7% female), the mean (standard deviation (SD)) age was 16.9 (0.77). Approximately 15.2% smoked and 20.8% were overweight/obese. There were 54.8% perceiving themselves unfit and 33.3% spent >4 h/day on leisure-time screen-based activity. Around 80.4% failed to meet the recommended fruit/vegetable daily intake and 90.1% failed to satisfy UK National Physical Activity Guidelines, particularly females (p = 0.0202). Physical activity levels were significantly associated with gender, body mass index, smoking status, leisure sedentary screen-time, fruit/vegetable consumption and fitness perceptions. Those who were female, overweight/obese, non-smoking, having poor fitness perceptions, consuming low fruit/vegetables and engaging in excess screen-based sedentariness were the groups with lowest physical activity levels. Steering physical activity-oriented health interventions toward these at-risk groups in colleges may reduce the UK’s burden of adolescent obesity.

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“…A Canadian study of 5560 children aged 10–11 years reported that a higher physical activity level was associated with longer (10 h) sleep duration [ 15 ]. Poor sleep was found to be a predictor of substance use among adolescents [ 16 ], and failed school courses were found to be more common in adolescents who slept less than seven hours during a night before school [ 17 ].…”

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Insomnia in Relation to Academic Performance, Self-Reported Health, Physical Activity, and Substance Use Among Adolescents

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Norell‐Clarke

Hagell

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Purpose: Insomnia affects up to one in four adolescents and has been shown to have a negative impact on their mental and physical health. This study aimed to investigate the association between insomnia, academic performance, self-reported health, physical activity, school start time, and substance use among adolescents. Methods: A survey with a cross-sectional design was completed by adolescents (15–17 years old; n = 1504) in southern Sweden. The Minimal Insomnia Symptoms Scale (MISS) was used to operationalize insomnia. A multiple logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between insomnia and self-reported health, failed school courses, substance use, school start time, family financial situation, screen time, and gender. Results: Insomnia (MISS ≥ 6) was associated with poor self-reported health (OR: 4.35), failed school courses (OR: 1.47), and use of alcohol and/or cigarettes (OR: 1.43). When the combined effect of self-reported health and physical activity were investigated, a combination of low physical activity (≤1 time/week) and poor self-reported health was strongly associated with insomnia (OR: 18.87). Conclusions: Insomnia was associated with other problems that in themselves are risk factors for poor health. This highlights the need for a holistic health-promoting approach to prevent insomnia, such as efforts to promote physical activity, school success, and the reduction of alcohol/cigarette use.

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Association Between Sleep Duration, Obesity, and School Failure Among Adolescents

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle through Mindfulness in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Recognition of 16–18-Year-Old Adolescents for Guiding Physical Activity Interventions: A Cross-Sectional Study

Insomnia in Relation to Academic Performance, Self-Reported Health, Physical Activity, and Substance Use Among Adolescents

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