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Too Weighty a Link Between Short Sleep and Obesity?

Author(s) -

James A. Horne

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.1093/sleep/31.5.595

Subject(s) - ghrelin , obesity , sleep (system call) , insulin resistance , type 2 diabetes , medicine , leptin , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , metabolic syndrome , hormone , computer science , operating system

PAPERS1,2 IN RECENT ISSUES OF SLEEP ADD TO OTHER EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM ADULTS3,4 AND CHILDREN5–7 POINTING TO OBESITY AND RELATED effects (e.g., metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes) being associated with habitually short or long sleep. The link is not necessarily through sleepiness, indolence, and less inclination towards exercise via insufficient or poor quality lengthy sleep (e.g., OSA). Instead, it could be caused by energy-balance impairments via insulin resistance/glucose intolerance and changes to leptin and ghrelin levels.8

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