A dose–response relationship between short sleeping hours and childhood obesity: results of the Toyama Birth Cohort Study
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child: Care, Health and Development
- Vol. 28 (2), 163-170
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2214.2002.00260.x
Abstract
Background 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 ...Keywords
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