title: Sleep Optimization and Diabetes Control: A Review of the Literature.
abstract: Pre-diabetes and diabetes occur secondary to a constellation of pathophysiological abnormalities that culminate in insulin resistance, which results in reduced cellular glucose uptake and increased glucose production. Although pre-diabetes and diabetes have a strong genetic basis, they are largely environmentally driven through lifestyle factors. Traditional lifestyle factors such as diet and physical activity do not fully explain the dramatic rise in the incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Sleep has emerged as an additional lifestyle behavior, important for metabolic health and energy homeostasis. In this article, we review the current evidence surrounding the sleep-diabetes association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Room C008, Qatar Foundation, Education City, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar.|Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Room C008, Qatar Foundation, Education City, PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar. szt2004@qatar-med.cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Shahrad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taheri
keywords: Chronotype; Circadian misalignment; Obesity; Sleep duration; Sleep quality; Type 2 diabetes mellitus