Enhancing Sleep Duration: Effects on Children's Eating and Activity Behaviors
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Insomnia Sleep Studies, Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 8 - 11 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | August 2011 |
| End Date: | May 2016 |
| Contact: | Chantelle Hart, Ph.D. |
| Email: | chantelle.hart@temple.edu |
| Phone: | 215-707-8639 |
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.
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.
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
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