CWRF Early Career Researcher Grant Proposal

CWRF Early Career Researcher Grant
The Cash-Waiste Research Foundation Early Career Researcher Grant
1. Name of applicant
2. Applicant's institutional address
3. Title of grant application (maximum 150 characters)
To protect lives and eliminate the risk factor for cardiovascular, metabolic dysfunctions
in native and energising technology to discover the cure.
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4. Background to Proposed Study
Evidence suggests a clear link between an inverse relation between sleep duration and obesity
along with a direct association between obesity and chronic metabolic disorders. Obese
children have increased probability of becoming obese adults. There is lack of data about
sleep duration and quality for Indigenous Australian people. It is assumed as a possibility that
poor-quality, short sleep is one of the causes of the gap in health outcomes for
nativechildrenas compared to non-native children in Australia.
The causal factors of childhood overweight and obesity are topic research across the world
(Han, et al., 2010). Recent research have revealed that children who do not sleep for
sufficient hours have increased chances to have high Body Mass Index, waist circumference
and obesity rates (Jarrin, et al., 2013). The most common recommended guidelines is that
children between five and 12 years of age must get 9 to 11 hours of sleep (Australian Sleep
Health Foundation, 2011). The average sleeping duration of children has reduced across the
globe in past years (Matricciani, et al., 2012). Particularly, the data from Australia has
reported a decrease in average sleep time of about 28 minutes and 33 minutes for female and
male Australian children respectively between 1985 and 2004 (Dollman, et al., 2007). The
decline in average sleep duration has taken place along with another global trend of
increasing prevalence of obesity. Several researches including studies of Australian children
have established and confirmed the link between obesity with lack of sufficient sleep,
declined physical activity and increased sedentary lifestyle.
The association between sleep duration and Body Mass Index in native children has
significant implications for their future health outcomes. Obese and sleep deprived conditions
are verified as modifiable risk factors for metabolic impairment and other chronic
disordersprevalent in the native population. It is essential to build strategies to improve health
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outcomes and life expectancy for native children to 'close the gap' between native and non-
native people.Short sleep duration has been identified as an independent risk factor for
subsequent obesity and weight gain(Patel & Hu, 2008). Obesity has been found as an
independent risk factor for development of various chronic risk factors(Boodai, et al., 2014).
This systematic review of the literature is done to examine the evidence suggesting the
relationship between sleep duration and subsequent weight gain among native children will
be identified along with the possible mechanisms of the relationship.
5. Hypothesis and Aims
Aim- This study aims to close the gap between native and non-native children of Australia by
improving their health outcomes and life expectancy by identifying the mechanisms of sleep
duration-obesity association and building preventive interventions based on those findings.
H0- Children who do not take adequate recommended sleep will have more chances of being
overweight and obese and lower daily physical activity and increased sedentary time as
compared to the children who take sufficient sleep.
H1- Eating schedule, dietary intake, obesogenic eating habits, and alterations in appetite-
regulating hormones are likely to be the mechanisms for sleep–obesity associations.
6. Approach and Methodology
Research process
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Research topic was
identified
Literature Review was
conducted to identify
the research gap