Short Term Effects of Increasing Sleep Duration
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 25 - 45 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | August 2011 |
| End Date: | August 2016 |
Increasing Sleep Duration: A Novel Approach to Weight Control
A series of studies are proposed to develop an intervention to increase sleep duration and
study the effects on eating, exercise, and weight control. The hypothesis is that increasing
sleep duration will help improve weight loss and maintenance.
study the effects on eating, exercise, and weight control. The hypothesis is that increasing
sleep duration will help improve weight loss and maintenance.
Study 1 is conducted in a sleep laboratory. Participants sleep short duration (approximately
four hours per night) on one weekend and long duration (approximately nine hours per night)
on another weekend.
Study 2 is examining ways to increase sleep duration in overweight individuals with short
sleep and examining the effects on short term weight loss.
Study 3 is comparing a standard weight loss program with a novel Sleep+Weight Loss
intervention.
four hours per night) on one weekend and long duration (approximately nine hours per night)
on another weekend.
Study 2 is examining ways to increase sleep duration in overweight individuals with short
sleep and examining the effects on short term weight loss.
Study 3 is comparing a standard weight loss program with a novel Sleep+Weight Loss
intervention.
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 25 to 45;
- BMI 25 to 50;
- healthy;
- sleep 6.5 hours or less per night
Exclusion Criteria:
- use of sleep medications;
- sleep apnea;
- third shift worker
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