Bonita Stanton, Veronica Dinaj-Koci, Bo Wang, Lynette Deveaux, Sonja Lunn, Xiaoming Li, Glenda Rolle, Nanika Brathwaite, Sharon Marshall, Perez Gomez
Adolescent HIV Risk Reduction in the Bahamas: Results from Two Randomized Controlled Intervention Trials Spanning Elementary School Through High School
AIDS and behavior
short sleep duration associated poor diet quality schoolaged children multiple populations however investigations sleep dietary quality mexican schoolaged children scarce main objective work assess association sleep duration dietary quality mexican schoolaged children stratified sex data collected 373 138 girls 235 boys elementary school children aged 612 years monterrey nuevo leon mexico surveys collected information general demographic characteristics selfreported sleep duration diet assessed 24h recalls dietary quality calculated healthy eating index hei2015 results indicated overall mean sleep duration 823 106 h total sample 67 slept 6 h recommended 558 78 h may appropriate 375 9 h recommended average total hei2015 score 646 possible 100 boys lower hei2015 scores girls 577 vs 694 moreover girls boys shorter sleep duration 6 h compared 9 h lower hei2015 scores 103 95 ci 274 047 p 01 178 95 ci 315 086 p 001 respectively regarding individual components dietary quality 6 h sleep lower scores particularly vegetables protein sources added sugars saturated fats girls boys compared 9 h findings suggest sleep may important determinant dietary practices within mexican children