Obesity
Research results from Sleep Disorders Center update knowledge of obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 1st, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Associations between sleep duration patterns and overweight/obesity at age 6,' new data in obesity. According to recent research from Montreal, Canada, "To investigate whether longitudinal sleep duration patterns during early childhood is a risk factor of overweight or obesity at school entry while controlling for a variety of obesogenic environmental factors. This is a prospective cohort study (March-December 1998 to December 2004) of a representative sample of infants born in 1997-1998 in the Canadian province of Quebec."
"Body mass index (BMI) was measured at ages 2.5 and 6 years. Sleep duration was reported yearly from 2.5 to 6 years of age by...
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