Association Between Daily Sleep Hours And Overweight in Women


Abstract in English

Obesity is a widespread problem in all societies and it is accompanied with short sleep duration on the recent years especially after Media and communication has spanned, so many people will stay awake with TV and internet. For that, many researches were performed to catch evidence about the relation between short sleep duration and overweight .

References used

National Sleep Foundation. 2006 "Sleep in America" Poll. Washington, DC: National Sleep Foundation, 2006
Patel SR, Malhotra A, White DP, Gottlieb DJ, Hu FB. Association between reduced sleep and weight gain in women. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 164: 947-954
Taheri S, Lin L, Austin D, Young T, Mignot E. Short sleep duration is associated with reduced leptin, elevated ghrelin, and increased body mass index. PLoS Med 2004; 1: 210-217

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