The association between daytime sleep and general obesity risk differs by sleep duration in Iranian adults

CONCLUSIONS: Daytime napping is associated with increased risk of overweight/obesity in short sleepers. However, in subjects with longer sleep duration, it is not related to the risk of overweight/obesity.PMID:37267056 | DOI:10.1080/03014460.2023.2213479

Source: Annals of Human Biology - June 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Noushin Mohammadifard Firoozeh Sajjadi Fahimeh Haghighatdoost Soraya Masoodi Masoumeh Sadeghi Hamidreza Roohafza Maryam Maghroun Hassan Alikhasi Farzaneh Zamaneh Parisa Zakeri Simin Karimi Nizal Sarrafzadegan Source Type: research