Correlation of Nutritional Status to Sleep Problems in School Going Children: A Preliminary Study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Sleep disturbances in children are found to be increasing over the past few years and the knowledge about their risk factors is limited among the medical and dental practitioners. Nutritional status could be one of the contributing factors for sleep problems in children. Methodology: 500 school going children aged 4 to 10 years were included in the study. The sleep problems were assessed using a validated sleep questionnaire which was filled by the parents of the children and simultaneously the weight of the children was recorded. The data were documented and statistically analyzed. Results: Sleep problems were found significantly higher in obese children. Also, a significant association was observed between obesity and the following sleep problems, i.e. snoring, observable lapses in breathing sleeps with mouth open and bed wetting. Conclusion: Obesity can be considered as one of the risk factor for sleep problems in children.
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