Short Sleep Duration and Screen-Based Activities

Link between Short Sleep Duration and Hypertension

Association between Screen Viewing Duration and Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness among Adolescents in Hong Kong

Screen viewing is considered to have adverse impacts on the sleep of adolescents. Although there has been a considerable amount of research on the association between screen viewing and sleep, most studies have focused on specific types of screen viewing devices such as televisions and computers. The present study investigated the duration with which currently prevalent screen viewing devices (...

Short sleep duration and obesity: mechanisms and future perspectives.

A reduction of sleep time has become common over the last century, and growing evidence from both epidemiological and laboratory-based studies suggests sleep curtailment is a new risk factor for the development of obesity. On this basis, the present review examines the role of sleep curtailment in the metabolic and endocrine alterations, including decreased glucose tolerance and insulin sensiti...

Short nighttime sleep-duration and hyperactivity trajectories in early childhood.

OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to investigate the developmental trajectories of nighttime sleep duration and hyperactivity over the preschool years and to identify the risk factors associated with short nighttime sleep duration and high hyperactivity scores. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Nighttime sleep duration and hyperactivity were measured yearly by questionnaires administered to moth...

Short sleep duration in infancy and risk of childhood overweight.

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which infant sleep duration is associated with overweight at age 3 years. DESIGN Longitudinal survey. SETTING Multisite group practice in Massachusetts. PARTICIPANTS Nine hundred fifteen children in Project Viva, a prospective cohort. Main Exposure At children's ages 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years, mothers reported the number of hours their children slept...