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Association of sleep disturbances with obesity, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome.

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Insufficient sleep, which has become endemic in recent years, has been variably associated with increased risk of obesity, disorders of glucose and insulin homeostasis, and the metabolic syndrome; to a… Click to show full abstract

Insufficient sleep, which has become endemic in recent years, has been variably associated with increased risk of obesity, disorders of glucose and insulin homeostasis, and the metabolic syndrome; to a lesser degree, so has excessive sleep. This review summarizes recent epidemiological and pathophysiological evidence linking sleep disturbances (primarily abnormalities of sleep duration) with obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in children and adults.

Keywords: sleep disturbances; obesity insulin; sleep; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance

Journal Title: Metabolism: clinical and experimental
Year Published: 2018

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