Sleep in children and adolescents: A worrying scenario. Can we understand the sleep deprivation-obesity epidemic?

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 230-232

  Currie, Andrew ^a   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33947176243     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.10.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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