Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

College/School/Department

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Program

Epidemiology

Content Description

1 online resource (vi, 105 pages) : color illustrations, color map.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

David Strogatz

Committee Members

Michele L Herdt-Losavio

Keywords

Adult, association, Diabetes, obesity, Sleep duration, Sleep deprivation, Sleep, Diabetics

Subject Categories

Environmental Health | Epidemiology | Public Health

Abstract

Introduction: Within the past five decades, there has been a rapid increase in the number of diabetic cases in the US. The number of diabetic cases increased from 1.5 million in 1959 to 25.8 million in 2011. Around the same time period, the average sleep duration per night decreased from 8 hours to 6.9 hours.

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