Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study Delahunt, A, Conway, MC, McDonnell, C, O Reilly, SL, O Keeffe, LM, Kearney, PM, Mehegan, J and McAuliffe, FM 2021, Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study, British Journal of Nutrition, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.1017/s0007114521002725. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Sleep duration and eating behaviours are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study Author(s) Delahunt, A Conway, MC McDonnell, C O Reilly, SL O Keeffe, LM Kearney, PM Mehegan, J McAuliffe, FM Journal name British Journal of Nutrition Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of publication Cambridge, Eng. Publication date 2021-07 ISSN 0007-1145 1475-2662 Keyword(s) Body composition Children Eating behaviours Sleep duration Summary Abstract Inadequate sleep and poor eating behaviours are associated with higher risk of childhood overweight and obesity. Less is known about the influence sleep has on eating behaviours and consequently body composition. Furthermore, whether associations differ in boys and girls has not been investigated extensively. We investigate associations between sleep, eating behaviours and body composition in cross-sectional analysis of 5-year-old children. Weight, height, BMI, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), abdominal circumference (AC) and skinfold measurements were obtained. Maternal reported information on child’s eating behaviour and sleep habits were collected using validated questionnaires. Multiple linear regression examined associations between sleep, eating behaviours and body composition. Sleep duration was negatively associated with BMI, with 1-h greater sleep duration associated with 0·24 kg/m2 (B = 0·24, CI −0·42, −0·03, P = 0·026) lower BMI and 0·21 cm lower (B = –0·21, CI −0·41, −0·02, P = 0·035) MUAC. When stratified by sex, girls showed stronger inverse associations between sleep duration (h) and BMI (kg/m2) (B = –0·32; CI −0·60, −0·04, P = 0·024), MUAC (cm) (B = –0·29; CI −0·58, 0·000, P = 0·05) and AC (cm) (B = –1·10; CI −1·85, −0·21, P = 0·014) than boys. Positive associations for ‘Enjoys Food’ and ‘Food Responsiveness’ with BMI, MUAC and AC were observed in girls only. Inverse associations between sleep duration and ‘Emotional Undereating’ and ‘Food Fussiness’ were observed in both sexes, although stronger in boys. Sleep duration did not mediate the relationship between eating behaviours and BMI. Further exploration is required to understand how sleep impacts eating behaviours and consequently body composition and how sex influences this relationship. Language eng DOI 10.1017/s0007114521002725 Field of Research 0702 Animal Production 0908 Food Sciences 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30155850 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 23 Sep 2021, 08:16:32 EST Thu, 23 Sep 2021, 08:27:52 EST Fri, 12 Nov 2021, 05:03:46 EST Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 09:52:48 EST Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 15:31:59 EST Wed, 15 Dec 2021, 15:33:53 EST Sat, 19 Feb 2022, 01:30:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 55 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 23 Sep 2021, 08:16:32 EST