Prevalence of short sleep duration and its association with obesity among adolescents 15- to 19-year olds: A cross-sectional study from three major cities in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 133-139

  Al Hazzaa, Hazzaa M ^a   Musaiger, Abdulrahman ^b,c   Abahussain, Nada ^d   Al Sobayel, Hana ^e   Qahwaji, Dina ^f  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Arab Center for Nutrition   (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^d Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; obesity; Saudi Arabia; sleep duration; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84864679665     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.98845     Document Type: Article

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