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Sleep and Quality of Life in Obesity

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Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine

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Obesity is a global problem now affecting more than 60% of the US population. It is associated with a wide range of co-morbidities including depression, diabetes, cardiovascular, hepatic, and rheumatologic conditions. Sleep disturbances are also common and include breathing disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation, upper airway resistance syndrome, and REM-specific sleep-disordered breathing. Obesity may account for more than 50% of sleep apnea cases. Although sleep apnea is an important and common complication of obesity, other sleep diagnoses have been associated with obesity. These include insomnia, hypersomnia, sleep fragmentation, and non-restorative sleep. The overlap of obesity, medical co-morbidities, and sleep disturbances results in a significant reduction in quality of life as measured by various self-report scales. The benefits of weight loss are also discussed as there can be a significant improvement of both obesity and associated health problems.

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  1. Section Psychopharmacology Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3508TB, PoBox 80082, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Joris C. Verster

  2. Divison of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street - Rm # BB813, New York, NY 10032, USA

    S. R. Pandi-Perumal

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU), 3560 Bathurst St., Toronto, M6A 2E1, Canada

    David L. Streiner

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Prasad, B., Herdegen, J.J. (2008). Sleep and Quality of Life in Obesity. In: Verster, J.C., Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Streiner, D.L. (eds) Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-343-5_46

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