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Are sleep duration, midpoint of sleep and sleep quality associated with dietary intake among Bavarian adults?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 71, pages 631–637 (2017)Cite this article

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Abstract

Background/Objectives:

Only few epidemiologic studies examined sleep characteristics in relation to dietary behaviour. Our aim was to analyse associations of sleep duration, midpoint of sleep and sleep quality with dietary intake among the Bavarian population.

Subjects/Methods:

Within the cross-sectional Bavarian Food Consumption Survey II, 1050 subjects aged 13–81 years were recruited. Dietary intake was assessed with three 24-h dietary recalls by telephone (EPIC-Soft). In our study, 814 participants aged 18 years or older, who completed at least two 24-h dietary recalls and who had complete and plausible information on sleep characteristics were analysed. Dietary intake was described by the consumption of main food groups, energy-proving nutrients and energy intake. Sleep was measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire, from which categories of self-reported usual sleep duration in half-h-steps per night, midpoint of sleep and overall sleep quality were derived.

Results:

Sleep duration was associated with intake of non-alcoholic beverages (P<0.01), carbonated beverages (P=0.04), water (P=0.04) and coffee/black tea (P=0.01) with higher intake among short duration sleepers. No association was found between the consumption of other main food groups, energy-proving nutrients or total daily energy intake and sleep duration. Midpoint of sleep was associated with intake of carbonated beverages (P=0.02, highest intake among subjects with early midpoint of sleep). No association between sleep quality and dietary intake was detected.

Conclusions:

Our findings demonstrate only specific associations between sleep characteristics and dietary intake, and mainly sleep duration was associated with beverage intake.

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Acknowledgements

The preparation of this paper was supported by the DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub. This work is supported by the Joint Programming Initiative ‘Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’. The funding agency of this work is the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the study participants as well as the work of all co-workers involved in the sampling of data. The BVS II was financially supported by funds from the Bavarian Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection, and the Kurt Eberhard Bode Foundation. CK is financially supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Grant No. 01EA1372C.

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  1. Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany

    C Kleiser, N Wawro & J Linseisen

  2. German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany

    C Kleiser, N Wawro & J Linseisen

  3. Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Nuthetal, Germany

    M Stelmach-Mardas & H Boeing

  4. Nutritional Physiology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

    K Gedrich

  5. Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, Denmark Hill, London, UK

    H Himmerich

  6. Universitary Center of Health Sciences at Klinikum Augsburg - UNIKA-T, Institute of Epidemiology, Augsburg, Germany

    J Linseisen

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Kleiser, C., Wawro, N., Stelmach-Mardas, M. et al. Are sleep duration, midpoint of sleep and sleep quality associated with dietary intake among Bavarian adults?. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 631–637 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.264

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