The Associations between Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality with Body-Mass Index in a Large Sample of Young Adults.

Tomislav KrističevićLovro ŠtefanGoran Sporiš

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2018)

Our results show that both short and long time spent in bed and poor sleep quality are associated with overweight/obesity status in young adults. Special interventions and policies that use both sleep duration and sleep quality as protective factors against overweight/obesity are warranted.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
weight gain
young adults
physical activity
weight loss
body mass index
depressive symptoms
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
public health
childhood cancer
skeletal muscle