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- Title
A dose-response relationship between short sleeping hours and childhood obesity: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort Study.
- Authors
Sekine, Michikazu; Yamagami, Takashi; Handa, Kyoko; Saito, Tomohiro; Nanri, Seiichiro; Kawaminami, Katsuhiko; Tokui, Noritaka; Yoshida, Katsumi; Kagamimori, Sadanobu
- Abstract
Short sleeping hours could cause obesity through increased sympathetic activity, elevated cortisol secretion and decreased glucose tolerance. The aim of this study was to clarify parental and lifestyle factors, particularly sleeping habits, associated with obesity in Japanese children.
- Publication
Child: care, health and development, 2002, Vol 28, Issue 2, p163
- ISSN
0305-1862
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00260.x