Publicación: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INSUFFICIENT SLEEP, CHANGE IN PORTION SIZE, EATING PATTERNS AND OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDENTS
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2023
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REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE NUTRICIÓN COMUNITARIA
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SLEEP IS A BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF VITAL IMPORTANCE SINCE IT INTERVENES IN MULTIPLE BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES SUCH AS ENERGY REGULATION, WITH POOR QUALITY AND/OR QUANTITY OF SLEEP BEING ASSOCIATED WITH OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY THE ASSOCIATION OF INSUFFICIENT SLEEP WITH CHANGES IN PORTION SIZES, EATING PATTERNS AND OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN LATIN AMERICA. METHODS: CROSS-SECTIONAL, MULTICENTER STUDY. STUDENTS, USING AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE, WERE ASKED ABOUT THEIR DIET, HOURS OF SLEEP, WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, AND OTHER SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES. RESULTS: THE STUDY INCLUDED 4,880 STUDENTS, MOSTLY WOMEN (73.8%). THE REGRESSION SHOWED NO ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INSUFFICIENT SLEEP WITH NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND INCREASED FOOD PORTION SIZE. IN MODEL 3 (HIGHER ADJUSTMENT), IT WAS OBSERVED THAT INSUFFICIENT SLEEP WAS ASSOCIATED WITH INFREQUENT CONSUMPTION OF BREAKFAST OR:1.22 (95% CI 1.07-1.40) AND FRUITS OR:1.16 (95% CI 1.01-1.33), AND NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR: 1.18 (95% CI 1.03-1.34), ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WERE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS AGAINST INSUFFICIENT SLEEP SUCH AS BELONGING TO THE FEMALE SEX OR: 0.86 (95% CI 0.74-0.99) AND BEING STUDENTS OF HEALTH CAREERS OR:0.64 (95% CI 0.56-0.73). CONCLUSIONS: THE STUDY REVEALS THAT INSUFFICIENT SLEEP IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IS ASSOCIATED WITH NOT EATING BREAKFAST EVERY DAY AND INSUFFICIENT FRUIT CONSUMPTION.
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University Students, Sleep, Overweight, Eating Behaviors
