Small Changes in Children's Sleep Lead to Significant Changes in Eating Habits

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Small Changes in Children’s Sleep Lead to Significant Changes in Eating Habits

10th April, 2023

17 April 2023, News, Newsletter, OT, School Nurse, SLP

Heidi Kay

[Source: Medical X-Press]

Just an hour less sleep a night affects what and how children eat, University of Otago research shows.

The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and led by Ph.D. candidates Rosie Jackson and Silke Morrison, of the Department of Medicine, found children eat differently when they sleep less—even with as little as 40 minutes a night less—with substantial increases in energy intake and decreases in diet quality.

Jackson says a lot of time and effort is spent trying to improve food intake through dietary measures, but this study suggests that “maybe we could just look at sleep.”

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