Sleep and obesity: the mediating role of health behaviors among African Americans.

Affiliation

Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

To examine the role of health behaviors (eg, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and diet) in the relationship between sleep (ie, duration and quality) and BMI among African American adults.

Keywords

African Americans,Health behaviors,Health disparity,Obesity,Sleep,