Objective: To examine temporal associations between participation in a community-based intervention targeting sugary drink intake and sleep outcomes among children.
Methods: Data are from an ethnically diverse sample of 100 children aged 9-12 years from 2 Massachusetts Boys and Girls Club (BGC) sites who participated in a pilot-site randomized trial (usual BGC programming plus H2GO! intervention vs usual BGC programming). Secondary outcomes of the trial (sleep duration and adequate sleep duration [≥ 9 h/night] were assessed via a self-report survey at baseline, 2 months, and 6 months. Generalized linear and logistic regression models estimated intervention effects associated with outcomes.
Results: The intervention was associated with increased sleep duration (β = 0.74; 95% confidence interval, 0.03-1.45) and higher odds of adequate sleep (odds ratio, 2.47; 95% confidence interval, 1.06-5.74) at 2 months. Sleep did not differ by treatment condition at 6 months.
Conclusions and implications: This community-based sugary drink intake intervention may be a potential avenue to improve child sleep outcomes in the short term.
Keywords: childhood obesity intervention; community-based; sleep; sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
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