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This study examined the association between self-reported attention to fruit and vegetable intake and actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency among women aged 45 years and older. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 143 women aged 45 years and older recruited from community centers. Participants wore a wrist-worn actigraphy device continuously for 7 days and completed daily sleep logs. Attention to fruit and vegetable intake was assessed using a single-item, four-category self-report measure. Hierarchical multiple linear regression was used to examine its independent association with sleep efficiency after adjustment for sociodemographic, health-related, and psychological covariates. Results: The mean age of the participants was 56.34 \u00b1 7.67 years, and the mean sleep efficiency was 82.69 \u00b1 8.60%. In the fully adjusted model, participants who reported \u201coften\u201d paying attention to fruit and vegetable intake had significantly higher sleep efficiency than those who reported doing so \u201calmost every day\u201d (\u03b2 = 0.24, p = 0.013). Older age was independently associated with lower sleep efficiency (\u03b2 = \u22120.31, p = 0.001). Conclusions: In this exploratory cross-sectional study, a single-item measure of self-reported attentiveness to fruit and vegetable intake showed a category-specific association with actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency. Longitudinal studies using more detailed dietary and behavioral measures are needed to clarify the direction and meaning of this association.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu18122027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T06:13:37Z","timestamp":1782195217000},"page":"2027","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Self-Reported Dietary Attentiveness to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Actigraphy-Measured Sleep Efficiency in Middle-Aged and Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-9567-9678","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chun-Hao","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701401, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hsiao-Han","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701401, Taiwan"},{"name":"Nutritec Care Nutrition Center, Taipei 111054, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9089-9408","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"I-Ju","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-1314-6805","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi-Chen","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Nutrition Therapy, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Nutrition Therapy, E-Da Cancer Hospital, Kaohsiung 824005, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Szu-Yu","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100025, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2352-9105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ching-Ju","family":"Chiu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701401, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e148286","DOI":"10.1172\/JCI148286","article-title":"Circadian disruption and human health","volume":"131","author":"Fishbein","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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