Abstract

Over the past decades, there has been an increase in overweight and obesity worldwide rates in both in adult and children. In parallel, it has been reported a worsening of sleep duration and quality. Some studies have shown an association between obesity and sleep disturbances (SD) vice versa, subjects with obesity have a greater risk of SD. As well as SD influences diet, also food choices have been shown to influence various sleep-related variables, such as duration and quality. For this reason, nutrition could represent an important tool not only to lose weight but also to improve sleep in patients with obesity and sleep disturbances. Thus, the aim of this review is to provide an overview of the studies that assessed the association between obesity and SD and vice versa, highlighting possible nutritional advices as a tool to improve sleep in patients with obesity and sleep disturbances.

摘要

在过去的几十年里，全球成人和儿童的超重和肥胖率都有所增加。与此同时，据报道睡眠持续时间和质量恶化。一些研究表明肥胖与睡眠障碍 (SD) 之间存在关联，反之亦然，肥胖受试者患 SD 的风险更大。除了 SD 影响饮食外，食物选择也已被证明会影响各种与睡眠相关的变量，例如持续时间和质量。出于这个原因，营养不仅可以成为减肥的重要工具，还可以改善肥胖和睡眠障碍患者的睡眠。因此，本综述的目的是提供评估肥胖与 SD 之间关联的研究的概述，反之亦然，强调可能的营养建议作为改善肥胖和睡眠障碍患者睡眠的工具。