Longitudinal Associations Between Sleep Habits, Screen Time and Overweight, Obesity in Preschool Children by Reyna-Vargas ME, Parmar A, Lefebvre DL, Azad MB, Becker AB, Turvey SE, Moraes TJ, Lou W, Subbarao P, Sears MR, Mandhane PJ, Narang I

“…Myrtha E Reyna-Vargas,1 Arpita Parmar,2 Diana L Lefebvre,3 Meghan B Azad,4– 6 Allan B Becker,4,5 Stuart E Turvey,7 Theo J Moraes,1 Wendy Lou,8 Padmaja Subbarao,1,8 Malcolm R Sears,3 Piushkumar J Mandhane,9 Indra Narang1,10 1Translational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Sculich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada; 3Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; 4Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 5Developmental Origins of Chronic Diseases in Children Network (DEVOTION), Children’s Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 6Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 7Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 8Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 9Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 10Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaCorrespondence: Indra Narang, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave-Hill Wing Room #4534, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada, Email indra.narang@sickkids.caIntroduction: Decreased sleep duration and increased screen time as early as preschool age may contribute to overweight and obesity. …”
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