Role of sleep and circadian disruption on energy expenditure and in metabolic predisposition to human obesity and metabolic disease

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue , 2017, Pages 15-24

  McHill, A W ^a   Wright, K P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian misalignment; sleep fragmentation; sleep loss; sleep restriction

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WAKEFULNESS; COMPLICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85011825377     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12503     Document Type: Review

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