S.G. Shobana Priya, Abinaya P, and Glannie A.R.*
Introduction: The prevalence of obesity has become one of the major health problems in the country. Though sleep is not the only factor for obesity pandemic, it contributes by affecting the energy balance (Difference between number of calories taken each day and number of calories burnt).
Objective: The objective is to study the sleep pattern among the study participants and to find out if there is an association between sleep pattern with obesity and overweight.
Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted among 250 adult participants in an urban area of Southern India selected by purposive sampling method. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection and the data was analysed using SPSS software.
Result: Among 250 participants, about 114 of them experience disturbed sleep due to various reasons like overthinking, workplace/ family related problems, indigestion, anxiety, nightmares which indirectly affects their eating habits.
Conclusion: Poor sleep quality indirectly serves as a cause for obesity, which is one of the major modifiable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. Life style modification is required for prevention and treatment of obesity.
