Obesity
Studies from A. Almamun et al provide new data on obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 4th, 2008
According to a study from Brisbane, Australia, "It has been suggested that sleeping problems are causally associated with obesity in early life, but most studies examining this association have been cross-sectional. The authors used a population-based birth cohort of 2,494 children who were born between 1981 and 1983 in Brisbane, Australia, to examine the prospective association between early-life sleeping problems (at ages 6 months and 2-4 years) and obesity at age 21 years."
"The authors compared mean body mass indices (BMIs; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) and persons in the categories of overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) and obesity (BMI >= 30) among offspring at age 21...
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