A Model of Adolescent Sleep Health and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Overview

Journal Curr Diab Rep

Publisher Current Science

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2021 Jan 15

PMID 33449241

Citations 13

Authors

Stacey L Simon

Janine Higgins

Edward Melanson

Kenneth P Wright Jr

Kristen J Nadeau

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Abstract

Purpose Of Review: This paper presents a review of the current literature in support of a model explaining the relationships between sleep health and risk for type 2 diabetes in adolescents.

Recent Findings: Short sleep duration is associated with risk of developing obesity in youth. Sleep restriction increases energy expenditure, but also increases hunger, appetite, and food intake, causing positive energy balance, impacting appetite-regulating hormones, and leading to increased eating late at night. Insufficient sleep may lead to reduced physical activity and greater sedentary behaviors. In addition, short sleep duration is associated with reduced insulin sensitivity. The cumulative negative consequences of insufficient sleep increase risk for type 2 diabetes. Applications to clinical care, public policy, and future research are discussed. Insufficient sleep in adolescence increases risk for type 2 diabetes directly through impact on insulin sensitivity and indirectly through increased dietary intake, sedentary activity, and weight gain.

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