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Short sleep duration is a novel independent risk factor for overweight and obesity.

Nazish Rafique
Published in: Saudi medical journal (2023)
Participants with a SSD had significantly higher BMI than normal and long sleepers. Short sleep duration is an independent risk factor for increased BMI, which potentially leads to 1.47 times increased odds ratio of having OW and OB.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • weight loss