Overweight in youth and sleep quality: is there a link?

ABSTRACT Objective Overweight seems to be related to a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances. Decreased sleep duration and altered sleep quality are risk factors for obesity. Our aim was to compare the sleep pattern of overweight children with that of a matched control group and assess the relat...

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Main Authors: Susana Rebelo Pacheco, Ana Margalha Miranda, Raquel Coelho, Ana Cristina Monteiro, Graciete Bragança, Helena Cristina Loureiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2017-06-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972017000400367&lng=en&tlng=en