Intermittent fasting during Ramadan: Does it affect sleep?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-43

  Bahammam, Ahmed S ^a,b   Almushailhi, Khalid ^c   Pandi Perumal, Seithikurippu R ^d   Sharif, Munir M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SOMNOGEN CANADA INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Fasting; Ramadan; Rapid eye movement; Sleep; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEAL; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOSLEM; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAMADAN; RELIGION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIGRAPHY; FASTING; RAMADAN; RAPID EYE MOVEMENT; SLEEP; SLEEPINESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; FASTING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892464341     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12076     Document Type: Article

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