White adolescent girls may be losing sleep from the pressure to be thin
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 04:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Sleep duration has a significant association with feelings of external pressure to obtain or maintain a thin body among adolescent girls, especially those who are white, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS).