Sleep and obesity

January 27th, 2007 | by David Spelts |

Sleep deprivation is associated with obesity. This is true of even short term sleep deprivation. A study of truck drivers found that the higher the BMI, the shorter sleep duration.

Other factors associated with obesity were: age, glucose levels, cholesterol, snoring and hypertension.

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