NUR 108 - Influence of sleep and sleep loss upon food intake and metabolism.

NUR 108 - Influence of sleep and sleep loss upon food intake and metabolism. / NUR 108 - Influence of sleep and sleep loss upon food intake and metabolism. The influence of sleep and sleep loss upon food intake and metabolism Cibele Aparecida Crispim1,2, Iona´ Zalcman1,2, Murilo Da´ttilo1 , Heloisa Guarita Padilha1 , Ben Edwards3 , Jim Waterhouse3 , Se´rgio Tufik1 and Marco Tu´lio de Mello1 * 1 Psychobiology Department, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2 Postgraduation Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 3 Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK The present review investigates the role of sleep and its alteration in triggering metabolic disorders. The reduction of the amount of time sleeping has become an endemic condition in modern society and the current literature has found important associations between sleep loss and alterations in nutritional and metabolic aspects.