Losing sleep influences dietary intake in children: a longitudinal compositional analysis of a randomised crossover trial

Table 2 Associations between sleep loss and change in dietary intake (n = 83)

	Mean difference in dietary intake (SD) between extension and restriction weeks	Mean change in dietary intake for average sleep loss^a (95% CI)	p-value
Energy intake, kJ	401 (1391)	262 (55, 470)	0.013
Fat intake, g	1.7 (15.4)	1.6 (-0.6, 308)	0.143
Protein intake, g	2.6 (14.3)	2.4 (0.3, 4.5)	0.024
Carbohydrate intake, g	16.5 (45.8)	9.0 (2.1, 15.9)	0.010
Total sugar intake, g	8.6 (24.8)	3.9 (0.2, 7.6)	0.040
Energy intake after 5 pm, kJ	256 (1512)	295 (101, 489)	0.003
UPF, kJ	511 (1872)	281 (-6, 568)	0.055
Core foods, kJ	-18 (1804)	82 (-181, 345)	0.541
Non-core foods, kJ	552 (1993)	341 (43, 638)	0.025

UPF ultra-processed foods
^aAverage sleep loss was 48 min (an 8.5% decrease in sleep). These estimates account for corresponding changes in WASO, sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity using compositional analysis

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