The results are dramatic and show graded relationships between sleep duration, being overweight or obese and type 2 diabetes risk factors. While no cardiovascular risk factor was seen, there was an inverse relationship between sleep duration and risk markers for type 2 diabetes. This represents a new finding and raises perhaps more questions than answers such as whether or not increasing sleep duration can prevent the development of type 2 diabetes if a patient is obese. To shed further light on why this association might exist, we asked endocrinologists Dr. Nicole Glaser and Dennis Styne to weigh in with an accompanying commentary(10.1542/peds.2017-2015). They explore why these findings may be more than just being due to obese children being less active and less sleepy or staying up later to play video games. Neither the study nor commentary will put you to sleep when you think about this interesting association.
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