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Short sleep duration is associated with a lower mean satiety quotient in overweight and obese men

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 67, pages 1328–1330 (2013)Cite this article

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We examined satiety quotient (SQ) and energy intake (EI) according to sleep duration, quality and timing. Seventy-five overweight/obese men (age: 41.1±5.8 years; body mass index: 33.6±2.9 kg/m2) completed visual analogue scales for appetite sensations before, immediately after and every 10 minutes for 1 hour following a standardized breakfast. The mean SQ (primary outcome of the study) was calculated from four appetite sensations. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index identified short-duration (<7 h/night) and ‘recommended sleep duration’ (⩾7 h/night) sleepers, poor (score ⩾5)- and good (score <5)-quality sleepers and late (midpoint of sleep >0230 hours) and early (midpoint of sleep ⩽0230 hours) sleepers. A 3-day food record and buffet-style meal assessed the EI. Short-duration sleepers had a lower mean SQ compared with recommended sleep duration sleepers (6.5±4.9 vs 8.8±4.3 mm/100 kcal; P=0.04). The mean SQ between poor and good (6.9±4.6 vs 8.7±4.6 mm/100 kcal; P=0.11) and that between early and late (8.99±5.10 vs 9.32±4.02 mm/100 kcal; P=0.78) sleepers were not significantly different. EI did not differ between the sleep groups. Thus, short-duration sleepers had a lower mean SQ compared with recommended sleep duration sleepers. However, this did not coincide with an increased EI.

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VD and AT conceived and carried out the experiment. JM, JPC, VD and ARG analysed the data. All authors were involved in writing the paper and had final approval of the submitted and published versions. This study was partly funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. ARG is funded by the Quebec Heart and Lung Research Institute. JPC holds a Junior Research Chair in Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research. AT holds a Canada Research Chair in Environment and Energy Balance.

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  1. Behavioral and Metabolic Research Unit, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    J McNeil & É Doucet

  2. Department of Physical Education, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

    V Drapeau & A R Gallant

  3. Department of Kinesiology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

    A Tremblay

  4. Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    J-P Chaput

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McNeil, J., Drapeau, V., Gallant, A. et al. Short sleep duration is associated with a lower mean satiety quotient in overweight and obese men. Eur J Clin Nutr 67, 1328–1330 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.204

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