Increasing Sleep Duration for a Healthier (and Less Obese?) Population Tomorrow

Working for a healthier tomorrow.

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Biology of Aging: Research Today for a Healthier Tomorrow

Creating a healthier tomorrow through research, practice, and policy.

T o be leaders in the health sciences, we must be the change we wish to see in the world and lead by example. We must be trailblazers and pioneers in health sciences research and in clinical practice—saving lives, improving lives, and making our health care sys­ tem more effective, more responsive, and more success­ ful. To accomplish this, we need to recognize that re­ search and practice do n...

Overweight and obese patients in a primary care population report less sleep than patients with a normal body mass index.

BACKGROUND Insufficient sleep and obesity are common in the United States. Restricted sleep causes important neurocognitive changes, including excessive daytime sleepiness and altered mood. This may result in work-related injuries and automotive crashes. Evidence links sleep loss to hormonal changes that could result in obesity. This article examines the association between restricted sleep and...

Sleep duration and body mass index in a rural population.

BACKGROUND A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggests an association between short sleep duration and obesity. Recently, potential hormonal links have been observed that may account for the relationship. The possible connection between sleep duration and body mass index (BMI) has not been explored in rural populations. Rural populations are of interest because obesity rates are high an...