Short sleep duration as a possible cause of obesity: Critical analysis of the epidemiological evidence

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-92

  Nielsen, L S ^a   Danielsen, K V ^a   Sorensen T I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Causal models; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Obesity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SLEEP DURATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78851468735     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00724.x     Document Type: Review

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