Obesity, Sleep
Conditions
Keywords
Sleep, Obesity, Children, Eating behaviors, Activity
Brief summary
The proposed study aims to determine whether an intervention to increase sleep in school-age children is associated with positive changes in eating, activity behaviors and zBMI. One hundred four children 8-11 years old who sleep 9 ½ hours or less per night will be randomly assigned to 1 of 2 conditions: 1) optimize sleep (increase TIB by 1 ½ hours/night to produce a change in sleep duration of approximately 40 minutes/night), or 2) control (no change in sleep). Families of children in the optimize sleep group will be taught effective behavioral strategies that have been shown to improve sleep duration. At baseline, 2-week and 2-month follow-up, the following will be gathered: sleep duration (measured by actigraphy), food intake (measured by 3 days of 24-hour recall), activity level (measured by accelerometry), the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food (measured using a validated experimental paradigm), and measured child height and weight.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOptimize Sleep
Children are asked to increase their sleep by approximately 1 1/2 hours/night for the duration of the two month intervention
Sponsors
Temple University
The Miriam Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 11 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 8-11 years old * BMI for age and gender \> 10th percentile (but no greater than 100% overweight) * Sleep 9.5 hours or less nightly * Attend elementary school * Like at least 1 food used in the reinforcement paradigm * Able to understand and complete the reinforcement paradigm
Exclusion criteria
* Existence of a diagnosable parasomnia, sleep disordered breathing * Medical or psychiatric condition that could influence sleep or weight * Inability to complete study materials, including diagnosed disabilities * Dietary restrictions/allergies to foods used in the study that preclude them from study participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Sleep Duration | Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months | Measured with actigraphy |
| Change in Dietary Intake | Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months | Measured using 24-hour dietary recalls (2 weekday and 1 weekend day) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the Reinforcing Value of Food | Baseline, 2-weeks, and 2-months | Measured using a computer paradigm, the Behavioral Choice Task |
| Change in activity | Baseline, 2-week, and 2-month | Physical and sedentary activities assessed using accelerometers and self-report |
| Change in zBMI | Baseline, 2-week, and 2-month | Based on measured height and weight |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed