Sex differences in the association between sleep duration, diet and body mass index: A birth cohort study

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-460

  Tatone Tokuda, Fabiola ^a   Dubois, Lise ^a   Ramsay, Timothy ^a,b   Girard, Manon ^a   Touchette, Evelyne ^c,d   Petit, Dominique ^e   Montplaisir, Jacques Y ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Diet; Eating behaviour; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; MILK PRODUCTION; MODEL; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DURATION; SLEEP PATTERN; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP;

EID: 84863775843     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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