Examining the Longitudinal Relationship Between Sleep and Weight Gain in College Students

NCT04100967 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 8984941R15HL130955-01A1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 116
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This two-year prospective, observational study examines the relationship between habitual short sleep and weight gain, as well as the association between habitual short sleep and behaviors that put people at risk of weight gain. Habitual short sleep is defined as sleeping \<6 hours per night on average. Participants will be healthy freshmen college students who are normal weight or overweight. Exclusion criteria include pregnancy, an inability to be ambulatory, currently taking a medication that could influence or interfere with sleep, or reporting a past/current neurological problem, past/current head injury, past/current sleep disorder, current mood, anxiety, or substance use disorder, current psychosis, or current suicidal ideation/plans. Recruitment will be during new student orientations that occur prior to fall semester. Eligibility will be determined using a screening interview, the DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure - Adult, and DSM-5 Self-Rated Level 2 measures. Eligible participants will be assessed at baseline (time 1), and 8, 16, and 24 months after Time 1. Sleep, physical activity, food/beverages, substance use, and technology use will be collected daily during each eight day recording period. Sleep will be measured with a sleep monitor, activity will be assessed using an accelerometer, food/beverages will be obtained using the National Cancer Institute's Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool, and substance use and technology use will be measured via self-report. Participants will attend a session after each recording period to have weight and height measured, be scanned via Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and complete a packet of questionnaires about demographics, health, sleep quality and beliefs, life events, food cravings, and physical development. It is hypothesized that participants will have different habitual sleep trajectories over time. It is also hypothesized that two particular sleep trajectories (stable habitual short sleep and increasingly shorter habitual sleep across time) will be significantly related to weight gain, increased body fat percent, and weight gain risk behaviors (i.e., increased caloric intake and decreased physical activity). Finally, it is hypothesized that the two sleep trajectories will be significantly associated with higher rates of media and technology use and higher rates of problematic sleep-related beliefs/behaviors.

Conditions

Healthy; Overweight

Keywords

sleep; obesity; body fat composition; young adults; diet; activity; Dual X-ray Absorptiometry

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline total body fat percentage at 24 months

  24 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years - 22 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

College freshmen

You may qualify if:

• College freshmen
• Traditional college age
• BMI from 18.5-29.9.

You may not qualify if:

• Neurological problem
• Head injury
• Sleep disorder
• Mood disorder
• Anxiety disorder
• Substance use disorder
• Psychosis
• Suicidal ideation/plan
• Lacking the ability to be ambulatory
• Pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oakland University: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Oakland University

Rochester, Michigan, 48309, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kozak AT, Pickett SM, Jarrett NL, Markarian SA, Lahar KI, Goldstick JE. Project STARLIT: protocol of a longitudinal study of habitual sleep trajectories, weight gain, and obesity risk behaviors in college students. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 23;19(1):1720. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7697-x.

  PMID: 31870336 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Andrea T. Kozak, PhD

  Oakland University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2019
• First Posted: September 24, 2019
• Study Start: June 14, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2021
• Study Completion: June 30, 2021
• Last Updated: April 27, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

US (1)