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Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Published in: Current Sleep Medicine Reports 4/2015

01-12-2015 | Sleep Epidemiology (J Nieto, Section Editor)

The Association Between Sleep Duration and Leptin, Ghrelin, and Adiponectin Among Children and Adolescents

Authors: Erika W. Hagen, Samuel J. Starke, Paul E. Peppard

Published in: Current Sleep Medicine Reports | Issue 4/2015

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Abstract

Several studies suggest that habitually shorter-sleep duration is associated with higher risk for overweight and obesity among children. Multiple plausible mechanisms may link chronic short sleep to weight gain among humans, including pathologic alterations in energy-regulating and appetite-influencing hormones. In this manuscript, we review the literature that examines associations between three such hormones—leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin—and sleep duration, in studies of children and adolescents. The results of this review suggest that there is not currently sufficient evidence to definitively implicate each of these hormones in the sleep duration-obesity pathway in children. However, there are several studies with significant findings, such that a role for sleep curtailment-induced hormonal changes is plausible. Further work is required to elucidate the specific role these hormones play in metabolic dysregulation associated with chronic short sleep.
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Metadata
Title
The Association Between Sleep Duration and Leptin, Ghrelin, and Adiponectin Among Children and Adolescents
Authors
Erika W. Hagen
Samuel J. Starke
Paul E. Peppard
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Current Sleep Medicine Reports / Issue 4/2015
Electronic ISSN: 2198-6401
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-015-0025-9

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