Sleep is in for Summer: Patterns of Sleep and Physical Activity in Urban Minority Girls.
J Pediatr Psychol
; 41(6): 692-700, 2016 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-26929098
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Urban minority girls are at risk for summertime weight gain, and may also experience insufficient summertime sleep. Few studies have objectively measured sleep in this population or examined correlates, including physical activity (PA). This study is the first to objectively describe summertime sleep among urban minority girls.METHODS:
Data were collected at a community-based summer program that promoted PA (n = 60 girls, ages 10-14 years), at two time points before beginning programming (T1; unstructured context) and during the final week of programming (T2; structured context).RESULTS:
At both time points, participants experienced shorter nighttime sleep than the recommended amount for girls their age. African American girls recorded significantly less sleep than Latina girls in the unstructured context. Findings also suggest that sleep schedules have an influential role in youths' abilities to obtain adequate sleep.CONCLUSION:
Overall, summertime sleep is an understudied health behavior that may be important to consider among minority youth.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Estações do Ano
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Sono
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Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Exercício Físico
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Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde
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Hispânico ou Latino
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Grupos Minoritários
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article