Open AccessCausal Effect of Sleep Duration on Body Weight in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Young Kyung
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001086
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , demography , duration (music) , sleep (system call) , confidence interval , population , medicine , psychology , gerontology , pediatrics , environmental health , operating system , art , literature , sociology , computer science
A large number of observational epidemiologic studies have reported consistent associations between short sleep duration and increased body weight, particularly in children and adolescents. Causal evidence on the effect of sleep duration on body weight is still limited, however.