Sleep duration and quality associated with obesity among Arab children

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2251-2253

  Bawazeer, Nahla M ^a   Al Daghri, Nasser M ^b   Valsamakis, George ^a   Al Rubeaan, Khalid A ^c   Sabico, Shaun Louie B ^b   Huang, Terry T K ^d   Mastorakos, George P ^e   Kumar, Sudhesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TIME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449131462     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.169     Document Type: Article

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