Objective Previous research suggests that sleep duration is associated with obesity and
weight gain. However, the majority of these studies are of cross-sectional design, with only a …

Abstract Study Objectives To investigate the association between short sleep duration and
elevated body mass index (BMI) and obesity in a large sample of Japanese adults over a …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated an association between sleep
duration and obesity, but few population-based studies have examined the association. We …

Background The connections between long sleep duration and obesity or weight gain
warrant further examination. This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate whether long sleep …

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 …

Objective Evidence on the association between sleep duration and obesity among adults is
inconsistent. Prospective studies investigating the association in Chinese adults have been …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Although previous studies showed the long-term effects of sleep duration
on risk of weight gain, Western tends to gain weight irrespective of sleep duration over a …

Abstract Study Objective: To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and
subsequent body weight and fat gain. Design: Six-year longitudinal study. Setting …

Background We intend to explore whether sleep duration is associated with overweight and
obesity among the adult American population. Furthermore, we stratified the study …