The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 814-818 , June 2009

Sleep and Obesity in Preschool Children

  • Fan Jiang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development and Behavior, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  • Shankuan Zhu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, and Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China
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  • Chonghuai Yan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  • Xingming Jin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Development and Behavior, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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  • Hari Bandla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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  • Xiaoming Shen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Xiaoming Shen, MD, PhD, Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Rd, Shanghai, 200092 China

Received 22 February 2008 ,Revised 26 November 2008 ,Accepted 29 December 2008.

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 Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation (30500410), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health (04DZ05904, 06DZ22024), the Key Discipline in Pediatrics of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (T0204), and the Key Project in Medicine of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Health (05III002). The study sponsors had no involvement in the study design or the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

PII: S0022-3476(08)01152-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.12.043

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 6 , Pages 814-818 , June 2009

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