Relationship between dietary fat intake and sleep duration among 1117 year old adolescents

J. ONeal, S. Wu, M. Kinzly, K. Parker, D. Stadler, J. Shannon, and L. Marriott

Dietetic Internship, Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition, OHSU Background Adequate sleep is correlated with healthier body weights during adolescence. When adolescents restrict sleep, they are more likely to increase their caloric intake by consuming a higher fat diet and be at increased risk for unintentional weight gain. Objective This studys goal was to determine the relationship between sleep duration or chronotype and fat intake among 11-17 year olds. Methods The Lets Get Healthy! study provided cross-sectional data on sleep duration (n=357) and daily fat intake (n=511) for 11-17 year olds. Dietary fat intake was assessed with the NHANES 20092010 Dietary Screener. Sleep chronotype was measured using the Kids MorningnessEveningness Scale. Sleep duration was calculated by the difference between bedtime and subsequent wake time. Statistical Analyses Differences in mean fat intake across quartiles of sleep duration were determined with ANOVA. Odds ratios and Fishers exact tests were used to determine the likelihood of high dietary fat intake among participants with morningness versus eveningness chronotype. Results Mean fat intake (g) was not significantly different among sleep duration groups: Quartile1: 43.2 47.0, Quartile2: 47.4 45.4, Quartile3: 48.4 48.7, and Quartile4: 54.74 47.5. Although not statistically significant, the odds of having a high fat intake was 2.96 times higher for those with morningness and eveningness chronotype;, the relationship was stronger in girls (3.38-fold, p=0.085) than boys (2.46-fold, p=0.29). Fishers exact test showed non-statistically significant results (p=0.085, female p=0.086, male p=0.29). Conclusions Sleep duration and chronotype have a slight, but non-significant associations with dietary fat intake. Limitations in cross-sectional data are due to self-reporting of fat intake and bedtime and wake times. Future studies will include data with multi-day recalls for diet and sleep, and simplification of A.M. and P.M. for sleep times. Acknowledgement This project is made possible by Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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