Pilot Intervention Targeting Sugary Drink Intake Associated With Improvements in Adolescent Sleep Duration.

To examine temporal associations between participation in a community-based intervention targeting sugary drink intake and sleep outcomes among children. Data are from an ethnically diverse sample of 100 children aged 9–12 years from 2 Massachusetts Boys and Girls Club (BGC) sites who participated in a pilot-site randomized trial (usual BGC programming plus H 2 GO! intervention vs usual BGC programming). Secondary outcomes of the trial (sleep duration and adequate sleep duration [≥ 9 h/night] were assessed via a self-report survey at baseline, 2 months, and 6 months. Generalized linear and logistic regression models estimated intervention effects associated with outcomes. The intervention was associated with increased sleep duration (β = 0.74; 95% confidence interval, 0.03–1.45) and higher odds of adequate sleep (odds ratio, 2.47; 95% confidence interval, 1.06–5.74) at 2 months. Sleep did not differ by treatment condition at 6 months. This community-based sugary drink intake intervention may be a potential avenue to improve child sleep outcomes in the short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]