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Waist size and body mass index are risk factors for sleep disordered breathing in children (EurekAlert!)

Filed under: 1 — by at 11:28 pm on Sunday, May 31, 2009

A study in the June 1 issue of the journal Sleep found that waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) are consistent, independent risk factors for all severity levels of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children, suggesting that as with adult SDB, metabolic factors are important risk factors for childhood SDB.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for sleep and software by Elliott Back

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