Chair and Department of Medicine and Environmental Epidemiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2021 Mar 18;28(1):193-197. doi: 10.26444/aaem/118706. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
Overweight and obesity affect an increasing number of children and adolescents in Poland. This excessive body weight usually coexists with sleep disorders and other afflictions, which is worrisome.
The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and sleep disorders among adolescents and demonstrate their relationships.
The study included 1,002 students. Nutritional habits and subjective assessment of sleep were evaluated with the author's survey; daytime sleepiness and sleep quality were assessed with Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Sleep Quality Scale (SQS). Statistical calculations were performed with the STATISTICA 12.0 programme.
24.7% of adolescents suffered from overweight or obesity, 38% reported sleep problems in subjective assessment, 10.5% exhibited excessive daytime sleepiness, determined by ESS, and 14.3% had impaired quality of sleep as determined by SQS. Gender affected all the discussed problems. Type of school affected all the above, except for daytime sleepiness. In the group with overweight and obesity, 46.6% of individuals reported sleep problems in subjective assessment. About 59.1% of adolescents reported chronic fatigue. Reduced concentration and difficulties in learning were reported in 36.3% of all students, and in 46% of students with overweight and obesity.
The problem of excess body weight is a very alarming phenomenon since it affects almost 1/4 of the students. Almost half of the students with overweight and obesity reported sleep problems, which is strongly correlated with the type of school. Furthermore, excess body weight influenced the prevalence of reduced concentration and learning difficulties among adolescents.
超重和肥胖在波兰越来越多地影响到儿童和青少年。这种超重通常与睡眠障碍和其他疾病并存，令人担忧。
本研究旨在评估青少年超重、肥胖和睡眠障碍的流行率，并展示它们之间的关系。
本研究纳入了 1002 名学生。营养习惯和主观睡眠评估采用作者的调查进行评估；白天嗜睡和睡眠质量采用 Epworth 嗜睡量表（ESS）和睡眠质量量表（SQS）进行评估。统计计算采用 STATISTICA 12.0 程序进行。
24.7%的青少年超重或肥胖，38%的青少年在主观评估中报告存在睡眠问题，10.5%的青少年存在 ESS 确定的日间嗜睡，14.3%的青少年存在 SQS 确定的睡眠质量受损。性别影响所有讨论的问题。学校类型影响所有上述问题，除了日间嗜睡。在超重和肥胖组中，46.6%的个体在主观评估中报告存在睡眠问题。约 59.1%的青少年报告慢性疲劳。36.3%的学生报告注意力不集中和学习困难，超重和肥胖学生中则有 46%报告。
超重问题是一个非常令人担忧的现象，因为它几乎影响了四分之一的学生。几乎一半的超重和肥胖青少年报告存在睡眠问题，这与学校类型密切相关。此外，超重还影响了青少年注意力不集中和学习困难的发生率。
