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. 2022 Sep 27;14(9):e29669.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.29669. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Physical Activity and Sleeping Duration Among Adolescents in the US

Marc Ganz  1 , Menachem Jacobs  1 , Christopher Alessandro  1 , Samuel Sabzanov  1 , Avrohom Karp  2 , Lulu Wei  1 , Daniel Miller  3
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Physical Activity and Sleeping Duration Among Adolescents in the US

Marc Ganz et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Sleep plays a critical role in the development of adolescents. Identifying the factors influencing adolescent sleep duration is a critical public health concern. Our study was designed to look for associations that may affect sleep duration in adolescent students. A cross-sectional research method was used to evaluate a dataset of thousands of adolescent students who were polled. The study assessed whether there was a correlation between exercise and length of sleep. The research showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the studied variables. We found that while demographic variables modify this association, a positive correlation exists even after controlling for these confounders. Our findings suggest that promoting physical activity can increase the quantity of sleep among adolescents.

Keywords: adolescents; exercise; pediatrics; public health; sleep.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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