A persons' health subsequently depends upon the level of his body composition. Its consist percentage of fat, bone, water, and muscle. Many health consultants around the world agreed that there is a health danger if the level of fat is...
moreA persons' health subsequently depends upon the level of his body composition. Its consist percentage of fat, bone, water, and muscle. Many health consultants around the world agreed that there is a health danger if the level of fat is too high in the human body. Presently it is clear that the factors of body composition are wide and involve multiple interfaces of cultural, environmental, social and lifestyle factors. A high level of fat percentage associated with a threat for health problems for stance high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, and sleeping disorder. Numerous studies found that there is an effect of sleep on body composition. Sleep is a natural process that allows the body and brain to rest and recover. Irregular sleep patterns, inadequate sleep quality, and insufficient sleep play a significant role to determine the health status of individuals. Quality of Sleep is not only effective as an indicator of health but also a key component of quality of life [1]. American adults reported around 27.5% to 29, 1% short sleep duration [2]. Numerous studies have investigated the relationship between obesity and sleep. Sleep apnea has an estimated prevalence of 9% to 28% among females and 27% to 34% among males, 30 to 70 years of age [3]. Every person requires sleep; both genders experiences sleep differently throughout their lifetimes. They face different challenges to sleep. Females are more prone to insomnia, while males are more likely to suffer from a sleep disorder like sleep apnea and snoring. Galland BC et al., reported poor sleep quality by 56% of participants and were more common in girls (63.1%) than in boys (44.5%), and sleep hygiene was significantly worse in females [4]. The symptoms for insomnia prevalence increased in females from 3.4% to 12.2% and in males from 4.3% to 9.1% [5]. The studies on sleep and body composition in the Saudi region on adolescent found that there is an inverse relationship between poor sleep duration (less than seven hours per day) and obesity/ overweight [6,7]. Mahfouz MS et al., revealed that university female students have poor sleep quality (69.1%) as they slept a mean of 4.77 hours/night [8]. In particular, epidemiological studies had shown a contrary correlation between sleep duration and BMI [9]. Sleep medicine in Saudi Arabia emphasising that there are many demands for further sleep studies to discuss the issues on the prevalence of numerous sleep disorders amongst Saudi population related to lifestyle and body composition [10]. Although longitudinal research is needed to confirm study results, researchers observed a counter relationship between duration of sleep and risk towards obesity development in children. In addition, every 30 minutes of sleep disruption leads to a 3% decline in daytime activity. Overall, study results indicate that sufficient duration and quality of sleep are significant factors for childhood obesity prevention [11]. Researchers found significant prediction between sleep duration in overweight male and z-score of BMI, where the long duration of sleep was linked with risk for overweight and lower BMI. In both regression models calculated for female adolescents, the duration of sleep is not a predictor for the risk of overweight or BMI z-score, indicating a gender difference in BMI and duration of sleep [12]. Many types of research are necessary to estimate how sleep effects on body composition, Inadequate sleep may also increase the chances to eat more, particularly if time spent in an inactive way, like browsing the internet, playing video games, watching television, even taking unhealthy foods habits. Daily routine work at home that leads to reduced sleep and increased food intake. However, the latest evidence linking BMI with sleep for a different population. There is little evidence for body fat, but not for the total body water with sleep habits for male and female students. In the present study authors investigated about body composition (BMI, body fat, and body water) and sleep habits amongst male and female students which would be helpful in identifying the effect of sleep habits on the body composition and adopt the preventive strategies for obesity and abnormal sleep. ABSTRACT Introduction: Elevated body composition is associated with many health hazards and it is also strongly associated with sleep habits of individuals.