A1 Journal article (refereed)
Effects of exercise on sleep in children with overweight/obesity : a randomized clinical trial (2024)


Torres‐Lopez, L. V., Migueles, J. H., Cadenas‐Sanchez, C., Bendtsen, M., Henriksson, P., Mora‐Gonzalez, J., Löf, M., Chaput, J., & Ortega, F. B. (2024). Effects of exercise on sleep in children with overweight/obesity : a randomized clinical trial. Obesity, 32(2), 281-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23945


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Publication details

All authors or editorsTorres‐Lopez, Lucia V.; Migueles, Jairo H.; Cadenas‐Sanchez, Cristina; Bendtsen, Marcus; Henriksson, Pontus; Mora‐Gonzalez, Jose; Löf, Marie; Chaput, Jean‐Philippe; Ortega, Francisco B.

Journal or seriesObesity

ISSN1930-7381

eISSN1930-739X

Publication year2024

Publication date19/12/2023

Volume32

Issue number2

Pages range281-290

PublisherWiley-Blackwell

Publication countryUnited States

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23945

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessPartially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92797

Web address of parallel published publication (pre-print)https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.23.22280266v1


Abstract

Objective
The objective of this study was to examine the chronic effects of a 20-week exercise training program on device-assessed sleep and sleep-disordered breathing; and to determine whether participating in a session of the exercise program had effects on device-assessed sleep the subsequent night in children with overweight/obesity.

Methods
A randomized clinical trial was conducted from November 2014 to June 2016. A total of 109 children (age 8–11 years) with overweight/obesity were randomized into an exercise training or control group. The exercise program included aerobic and resistance training 3 to 5 days/week. The control group participants continued their usual lifestyle. Device-assessed sleep outcomes were measured using wrist-worn actigraphy at baseline, in the middle of the exercise program (10th week), and at postintervention for seven consecutive days (24 h/day), and sleep-disordered breathing was measured via the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire.

Results
The exercise training program had a statistically significant effect on wake after sleep onset time (−10.8 min/day, −0.5 SDs, p = 0.040). No other chronic or acute effects (i.e., the subsequent night of attending a session of the exercise training program) were observed on the remaining sleep outcomes.

Conclusions
A 20-week exercise training program reduced wake after sleep onset time in children with overweight/obesity. Future randomized trials that include a sample of children with poor sleep health at baseline are needed to better appreciate the role of exercise in sleep health.


Keywordschildren (age groups)overweightobesitysleepsleep disordersphysical traininghealth effects


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Ministry reportingYes

VIRTA submission year2023

JUFO rating1


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