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Sleep deprivation predisposes Gujarati Indian adolescents to obesity

Author(s) -

WasimA Shaikh,

Minal Patel,

SK Singh

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of community medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-3581

pISSN - 0970-0218

DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.55282

Subject(s) - gujarati , obesity , medicine , sleep (system call) , sleep deprivation , environmental health , pediatrics , psychiatry , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , operating system , cognition

Recent studies on various populations indicate that lack of sleep is one of the potential risk factors predisposing the youth to obesity. Since there is a significant rise in obesity among Indian youth and because research indicating the role of sleep in development of obesity among Indian population is scant, the current study was undertaken to assess the effect of sleep duration on adiposity among Gujarati Indian adolescents.

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