Sleep, Obesity, and the Adolescent Population: A Literature Review
Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This literature review highlights the current state of adolescent obesity and lack of adequate sleep. Moreover, it focuses on the relationship between the two epidemics. The results indicate that the probability of sleep deprivation inversely affecting body mass index is quite high, and is most likely dose dependent. Because current evidence in the adolescent population is limited, recommendations include further research that is age and gender specific. Health care practitioners must be involved in the implementation and evaluation ofthe data on hand, and act in a fashion that empowers the adolescent to create positive changes in their life.
Author: Al-Hafian, Kathryn Mae
Language: English
Topic: Sleep and related disorders
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2739674769