ea0063ss1.2 | Special Symposium: ESE, the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society Joint Session - Endocrinology of Aging | ECE2019
Hanlon Erin
Worldwide, rates of obesity have been steadily increasing, along with disorders commonly associated with obesity, such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. Simultaneously, average sleep times have progressively decreased. Evidence from both laboratory and epidemiologic studies has consistently associated insufficient sleep or short sleep with increased risk of obesity. In the laboratory, it is now possible to control sleep behavior and study the link between sleep d...