Sleep duration and bedtime in preschool-age children with obesity: Relation to BMI and diet following a weight management intervention.
Stacey L SimonAmy R GoetzMaxene MeierJohn BrintonCynthia ZionLori J StarkPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2019)
More comprehensive sleep intervention incorporated into weight-management intervention may be necessary to promote positive changes for preschoolers with obesity. A focus on earlier bedtime and longer sleep duration appears to be important given associations between sleep duration and bedtime with BMIz and dietary intake.