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Overweight and obes...
Overweight and obese children have lower cortisol levels than normal weight children
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- Allansson, Elin (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för kliniska vetenskaper,Hälsouniversitetet
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- Gustafsson, Per E. (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Umeå universitet,Allmänmedicin,Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri,Hälsouniversitetet,Barn- och ungdomspsykiatriska kliniken
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Gustafsson, P. A. (författare)
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- Nelson, Nina (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för kliniska vetenskaper,Hälsouniversitetet,Barn- och ungdomskliniken i Linköping
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- 2013-12-30
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 103:3, s. 295-299
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Abstract
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- AIM: The stress hormone cortisol is vital to survival, and a disturbed circadian rhythm can be deleterious to health. However, little is known about cortisol levels in healthy children. The aim of this study was to examine cortisol levels in relation to body mass index (BMI), age and sex. METHODS: Salivary samples were collected in early morning, late morning and evening, on four consecutive days, from 342 children aged 6-12years using Salivette((R)) tubes. Samples were analysed using a commercial enzyme immunoassay (EIA). School nurses measured the children's height and weight, and these measurements were used to calculate their BMI. RESULTS: The children displayed a circadian rhythm in cortisol secretion, with morning zeniths and evening nadirs. Average cortisol levels in early morning, late morning and evening were significantly lower in overweight and obese children than in their normal weight counterparts. Cortisol levels did not vary significantly with age or sex. CONCLUSION: Our findings may suggest cortisol suppression in overweight and obese children. We found no evidence that sex or age influences cortisol levels. These findings highlight the need for further research on the relationship between stress and obesity in children.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
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- body mass index
- child
- circadian rhythm
- cortisol
- obesity
- MEDICINE
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