A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
A study published in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first attempt to quantify the strength of the cross-sectional relationships between duration of sleep and obesity in both children and adults. Cross-sectional studies from around the world show a consistent increased risk of obesity among short sleepers in children and adults, the study found.