Association between chronotype and nocturnal food intake with body mass index
Background: The chronotype is a regular pattern of oscillation in physiological processes in relation to the sleep-wake cycle. The evidence shows that the chronotype in the evening, together with the ingestion of dinner, has a higher risk of developing obesity. Objective: To determine the existence...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN |
| Repositorio: | Revista Salud Pública y Nutrición |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:respyn.uanl.mx:article/621 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://respyn.uanl.mx/index.php/respyn/article/view/621 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cronotipo ingesta nocturna de alimentos universitarios índice de masa corporal. |
| Sumario: | Background: The chronotype is a regular pattern of oscillation in physiological processes in relation to the sleep-wake cycle. The evidence shows that the chronotype in the evening, together with the ingestion of dinner, has a higher risk of developing obesity. Objective: To determine the existence of an association between the chronotype and the nightly intake of food, with the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference. Methods: Transversal analytical study in university students (n= 264), anthropometric measurements were obtained by standardized personnel, the chronotype was obtained by means of the MEQ- SA questionnaire validated and adapted to Spanish, by Horne- Östberg and for nighttime food intake, the validated questionnaire by Márquez, Salazar. The data analysis was performed with the Stata package version 14, for all tests a value p< 0.05 was considered as statistical significance. Results: No relationship was observed between BMI and chronotypes (p= 0.1136), nor was there any association between waist circumference and chronotype (p= 0.1325), and there was no association (p=0.709) between chronotype categories and nighttime eating habits. Conclusions: No association was found between the variables analyzed. |
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