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Sleep and nighttime energy consumption in early childhood: a population-based cohort study

McDonald, L; Wardle, J; Llewellyn, CH; Johnson, L; van Jaarsveld, CH; Syrad, H; Fisher, A; (2015) Sleep and nighttime energy consumption in early childhood: a population-based cohort study. Pediatr Obes 10.1111/ijpo.12006. Green open access

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Abstract

Shorter sleep is a risk factor for weight gain in young children. Experimental studies show that sleep deprivation is associated with higher nighttime energy intake, but no studies have examined the patterning of energy intake in relation to nighttime sleep duration in young children.

Type: Article
Title: Sleep and nighttime energy consumption in early childhood: a population-based cohort study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12006
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.12006
Additional information: © 2014 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: diet, energy intake, sleep
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1460582
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