Low Sleep Hygiene Is Associated with Less Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Chilean Schoolchildren from Rural Public Schools—A Cross-Sectional Study

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ID15716583
AuthorsRafael Zapata-Lamana (0000-0002-4729-1680, University of Concepción), Jessica Ibarra-Mora (0000-0001-5693-0686, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences), Fernanda Carrasco‐Marín (0000-0002-4836-3519, University of Concepción), Samuel Durán‐agüero (0000-0002-0548-3676, San Sebastián University), Jorge Cuevas-Aburto (0009-0009-1632-7802, Universidad Santo Tomás), María Antonia Parra-Rizo (0000-0002-1986-1148, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx, corresponding author), Igor Cigarroa (0000-0003-0418-8787, Universidad Santo Tomás, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue9
Pages1499-1499
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children10091499
PMID37761460
OpenAlexW4386378434
LanguageEN
References cited40

The Mediterranean diet stands as a widely acknowledged and health-promoting dietary pattern, renowned for its notable linkage to the mitigation of noncommunicable chronic maladies. Nonetheless, the existing body of evidence concerning the potential interrelation between sleep hygiene and this dietary regimen remains circumscribed. The main objective was to determine the association between sleep hygiene and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Chilean schoolchildren from rural public schools in southern Chile. A non-experimental study was carried out, with an analytical, cross-sectional design. A total of 265 students (56.6% women, mean age 13.5 ± 1.8) from a rural community in southern Chile were recruited. Sleep habits were evaluated using Section 6 of the Life Habits and Adolescence Questionnaire, Sleep and Rest, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed with the KIDMED Mediterranean Diet Adherence Questionnaire. The main results indicated that 52.8% of schoolchildren need to improve adherence to the Mediterranean diet and 16.6% have a low-quality Mediterranean diet. A high percentage of schoolchildren have behaviors related to poor sleep hygiene (going to bed late (46%), waking up tired and wanting to continue sleeping (63.8%), and having problems falling asleep (42.6%)). Schoolchildren who got up after 8:30 a.m., those who fell asleep after midnight, upon conducting a comparative analysis of the students based on their sleep patterns, those who woke up tired and those who had trouble falling asleep had a lower level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet compared to schoolchildren who got up earlier than 8:30 a.m., fell asleep before midnight, did not wake up tired, and those who did not find it difficult to fall asleep, respectively. In conclusion, having poor sleep patterns including difficulties in both awakening and falling asleep are associated with less adherence to the Mediterranean diet in schoolchildren from rural public schools in southern Chile. Monitoring these variables and promoting healthy lifestyle habits within the educational community are essential measures

Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Hygiene · Insomnia · Mediterranean diet · Psychiatry · Public health · Rural area · Sleep (system call · Sleep hygiene · Sleep quality · Demography · Medicine · Nursing · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Sleep and related disorders · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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