Extremes in sleep duration are related to increases in abdominal fat in minority young adults

Monday, March 1, 2010 - 06:28 in Psychology & Sociology

A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night.

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