TY - JOUR
T1 - Night eating, weight, and health behaviors in adults participating in the Daily24 study
AU - Lent, Michelle R.
AU - Atwood, Molly
AU - Bennett, Wendy L.
AU - Woolf, Thomas B.
AU - Martin, Lindsay
AU - Zhao, Di
AU - Goheer, Attia A.
AU - Song, Shanshan
AU - McTigue, Kathleen M.
AU - Lehmann, Harold P.
AU - Holzhauer, Katherine
AU - Coughlin, Janelle W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by an American Heart Association Strategically-Focused Obesity Research Network Grant , # 17SFRN33570028 . The funder had no role in the study design, collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, writing the manuscript, and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Background: Night eating syndrome (NES) is associated with adverse health outcomes. This study evaluated the relationship between night eating severity, weight, and health behaviors. Methods: Participants (N = 1017; 77.6% female, mean Body Mass Index (BMI) = 30.5, SD = 7.8 kg/m2, age = 51.1, SD = 15.0 years) were recruited from three health systems. Participants completed the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) and questionnaires assessing sleep, chronotype, physical activity, diet, weight, and napping. Results: In the overall sample, higher NEQ scores were associated with higher BMI (p <.001) and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (p <.001), as well as lower fruit/vegetable consumption (p =.001). Higher NEQ scores were associated with increased odds of having overweight/obesity (p <.001), eating fast food (p <.001), moderate-vigorous physical activity (p =.005), and smoking (p =.004). Participants who exceeded the screening threshold for NES (n = 48, 4.7%) reported elevated BMI (p =.014), an increased likelihood of overweight/obesity (p =.004), greater sugar-sweetened beverages consumption (p <.001), napping less than twice per week (p =.029), shorter sleep duration (p =.012), and a later chronotype (M = 4:55, SD = 2:45). Conclusion: Night eating severity was associated with obesity and intake of fast food and sugar-sweetened beverages. Interventions to address night eating and associated behaviors may enhance the efficacy of weight management interventions and promote engagement in positive health behaviors.
AB - Background: Night eating syndrome (NES) is associated with adverse health outcomes. This study evaluated the relationship between night eating severity, weight, and health behaviors. Methods: Participants (N = 1017; 77.6% female, mean Body Mass Index (BMI) = 30.5, SD = 7.8 kg/m2, age = 51.1, SD = 15.0 years) were recruited from three health systems. Participants completed the Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ) and questionnaires assessing sleep, chronotype, physical activity, diet, weight, and napping. Results: In the overall sample, higher NEQ scores were associated with higher BMI (p <.001) and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (p <.001), as well as lower fruit/vegetable consumption (p =.001). Higher NEQ scores were associated with increased odds of having overweight/obesity (p <.001), eating fast food (p <.001), moderate-vigorous physical activity (p =.005), and smoking (p =.004). Participants who exceeded the screening threshold for NES (n = 48, 4.7%) reported elevated BMI (p =.014), an increased likelihood of overweight/obesity (p =.004), greater sugar-sweetened beverages consumption (p <.001), napping less than twice per week (p =.029), shorter sleep duration (p =.012), and a later chronotype (M = 4:55, SD = 2:45). Conclusion: Night eating severity was associated with obesity and intake of fast food and sugar-sweetened beverages. Interventions to address night eating and associated behaviors may enhance the efficacy of weight management interventions and promote engagement in positive health behaviors.
KW - Body weight
KW - Dietary intake
KW - Night eating syndrome
KW - Physical activity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101605
DO - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101605
M3 - Article
C2 - 35219937
AN - SCOPUS:85125147287
SN - 1471-0153
VL - 45
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
M1 - 101605
ER -