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Review
. 2014 Jul 15:5:116.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00116. eCollection 2014.

Increased food intake by insufficient sleep in humans: are we jumping the gun on the hormonal explanation?

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Review

Increased food intake by insufficient sleep in humans: are we jumping the gun on the hormonal explanation?

Jean-Philippe Chaput et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .
No abstract available

Keywords: energy balance; food intake; hormones; obesity; sleep.

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Proposed pathways by which insufficient sleep increases caloric consumption.

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