Shorter sleep among adolescents is associated with lower fruit and vegetable consumption the following day.
Eleanor M WinpennyHarriet RowthornStefanie HollidgeKate WestgateIan M GoodyerSoren BrageEsther M F van SluijsPublished in: The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (2023)
Our observational findings from a free-living adolescent population support the experimental evidence for a causal role of sleep on diet, with shorter sleep duration at night leading to a small decrease in diet quality the following day. These findings support experimental evidence to suggest inclusion of sleep duration as one component of interventions designed to improve diet quality and weight status in adolescents.