Prospective Associations between Weekend Catch-Up Sleep, Physical Activity, and Childhood Obesity.

CONCLUSIONS: Weekend catch-up sleep did not ameliorate the risk of childhood obesity, whereas weekend catch-up MVPA did reduce that risk. More research is needed to explore the factors contributing to these obesogenic behavior patterns. PMID: 30280909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Childhood Obesity - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research