Department of Internal Medicine

Too Little Sleep Could Cause Diabetes



Jennifer Robinson, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Program Director, Lipid Research Clinic, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health


4/29/2009

If your schedule robs you of slumber, you may be setting yourself up for diabetes. But don't press the snooze bar too many times, because oversleeping might bring the same result. Those are the surprising findings of a new study that suggests too little or too much sleep could lead to the blood sugar disease, at least in older people.

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