INTRODUCTION: Sleep duration has been associated with overweight individuals in many
epidemiological studies; however, few studies have assessed sleep using objective …

Background In recent years, short sleep has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for
obesity. However, current evidence has so far been limited to cross-sectional studies or …

Objective To examine the form of the relationship between sleep duration and
anthropometric measures and possible differences in these relationships by gender and …

Objective Sleep duration is associated with obesity and cardiometabolic disease. It is
unclear, though, how these relationship differs across age groups. Methods Data from 2007 …

Several studies show that short self‐reported sleep duration is associated with elevated
body mass index (BMI). Short sleep duration may change appetite hormones, but whether …

Objectives Self-reported sleep duration has been linked to body mass index (BMI) and waist
circumference in previous work; however, data regarding if these associations are stronger …

Abstract Study Objectives: To determine whether slow wave sleep (SWS) is inversely
associated with body mass index (BMI) and other measures of body composition. Design …

We examined the association between sleep duration and BMI in young adults, and,
specifically, in possible gender differences. The population‐based sample included 955 …

Background An association between sleep and obesity has been suggested in several
studies, but many previous studies relied on self-reported sleep and on BMI as the only …

Objective Poor sleep may be a risk factor for obesity. Previous studies have mainly
investigated the effects of sleep duration on body mass index, but research considering …