-
Short Sleep Duration is Associated with Obesity in Hispanic Manufacturing Workers
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 28, Number 4, November 2017
- pp. 1304-1313
- 10.1353/hpu.2017.0115
- Article
- Additional Information
- Purchase/rental options available:
Abstract:
The present study examined the relationship between obesity and sleep duration among Hispanic manufacturing workers. Two hundred and twenty eight Hispanic workers from eight manufacturing plants completed an in-person interview that included measures of demographics, health literacy, and sleep duration. Height and weight were directly assessed. A logistic regression, controlling for gender, education, age, income, physical activity levels, self-reported health status, and health literacy, indicated that workers who slept six hours or less were significantly more likely to be obese than those sleeping seven to nine hours (OR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.04–3.47). Our results extend previous research on the association between sleep duration and obesity to an understudied population of Hispanic workers.