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.
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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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