Lack of sleep could increase obesity in children and too much television could be partly to blame

Acute sleep deprivation reduces energy expenditure in healthy men

(2011) Christian Benedict et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Short Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index: A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Preadolescence

(2011) V. Seegers et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Sleep duration and activity levels in Estonian and Swedish children and adolescents

(2011) Francisco B. Ortega et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Sex differences in the association between sleep duration, diet and body mass index: a birth cohort study

(2011) FABIOLA TATONE-TOKUDA et al.   JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH

Sleep and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

(2011) Chantelle N. Hart et al.   PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Longitudinal associations between sleep duration and subsequent weight gain: A systematic review

(2011) Lorrie Magee et al.   SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEWS

Shortened Nighttime Sleep Duration in Early Life and Subsequent Childhood Obesity

(2010) Janice F. Bell et al.   ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Sedentary behavior and sleep: paradoxical effects in association with childhood obesity

(2009) A Must et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Sleep duration as a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance: Analyses of the Quebec Family Study

(2009) Jean-Philippe Chaput et al.   SLEEP MEDICINE

Short Sleep Duration in Infancy and Risk of Childhood Overweight

(2008) Elsie M. Taveras et al.   ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Agreement Rates Between Actigraphy, Diary, and Questionnaire for Children's Sleep Patterns

(2008) Helene Werner et al.   ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Is Sleep Duration Associated With Childhood Obesity? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

(2008) Xiaoli Chen et al.   Obesity

Short Sleep Duration and Weight Gain: A Systematic Review

(2008) Sanjay R. Patel et al.   Obesity

Childhood Sleep Time and Long-Term Risk for Obesity: A 32-Year Prospective Birth Cohort Study

(2008) C. E. Landhuis et al.   PEDIATRICS