Associations between Social Contact, Sleep and Dietary Patterns among Children : A Cross-Sectional Study
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- Mühlematter , Christophe Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg
- Beaugrand , Matthieu Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg
- Markovic , Andjela Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg. Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich
- Kurth , Salome Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg. Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Zurich
- 2024
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- Foods. - 2024, vol. 13, no. 6 (900), p. 1-11
English
Social isolation in adults can be associated with altered sleep and eating behavior. This study aimed to investigate the interactions between the extent of social contact, eating behavior and sleep in infants and preschool children. In an observational study, 439 caregivers of 562 children aged 0–6 years provided information on sleep (i.e., duration, latency, bedtimes and nighttime awaken-ings), eating behaviors (i.e., meal size, consumption of sweet snacks, salty snacks, fruits and vege-tables) and social contact (i.e., quarantine status, household size, social activities) during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020). In infants (0–3 years), the change in meal size and consumption of snacks, fruits, and vegetables did not significantly relate to the extent of social contact. For preschool children (3–6 years), a trend was observed, suggesting that quarantine status was associated with increased meal size. Changes in sleep duration, sleep latency, bedtimes and nighttime awakenings from before to during the pandemic were not significantly linked to the three variables quantifying social contact in both age groups. This study highlights that, contrary to expectations, the extent of social contact has negligible associations with infants’ and preschool children's sleep and eating behaviors. These findings indicate that other factors beyond social isolation play a role in shaping children's eating habits and sleep patterns.
- Faculty
- Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
- Department
- Département de Psychologie
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Psychology
- License
- CC BY
- Open access status
- gold
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3390/foods13060900
- ISSN 2304-8158
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/328430
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