Lose Sleep, Gain Weight: Another Piece of the Obesity Puzzle

Spivey, Angela

doi:10.1289/ehp.118-a28

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“…In addition, approximately 47% and 57% of children and adolescents in the nation were estimated to be exposed to the highest LAN levels in 1995 and 2010, respectively. Although there are several behavioral risk factors for obesity, bright artificial lighting at night has been suggested as a contributing factor to the increase in body weight and the increase of incidence of obesity (Spivey 2010).…”

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“…We discussed the plausible link of circadian disorder and melatonin suppression with artificial LAN but environmental noise pollution such as transportation noise has also been known to disturb sleep quality and affect many people in highly urbanized regions (Öhrström, Rylander, and Björkman 1988;Kaheyama et al 1997;Spivey 2010;Seong et al 2011;Kim et al 2012). In addition, the high levels of transportation noise were reported in the urban areas of some developing countries Ko et al 2011).…”

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“…In addition to the astronomical and ecological aspects, light pollution has a potential association with human health by disturbing normal biological nighttime functions such as the secretion of melatonin as well as the rise of cortisol levels, which impact the lowering of core body temperature for healthy sleep (Spivey 2010). Melatonin is a hormone that regulates a balanced physiological condition in humans (Pauley 2004).…”

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“…Melatonin is a hormone that regulates a balanced physiological condition in humans (Pauley 2004). It secretes only during darkness and is suppressed with optic exposure to bright light (Pauley 2004;Spivey 2010). Endogenous melatonin in humans is known to influence biological functions or processes such as sleep, mood, cancer, immune response, and aging (Brzezinski 1997).…”

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“…In 2009, the American Medical Association recognized light pollution as a public health issue of concern and adopted a resolution to reduce exposures caused by outdoor artificial lighting (Spivey 2010).…”

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Spatiotemporal patterns of outdoor artificial nighttime lights exposure in the Republic of Korea between 1995 and 2010

Kim

Choi

2014

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

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Outdoor light at night (LAN) would be a public concern potentially associated with adverse health outcomes mainly in developed countries, but it might also be an environmental health issue in developing countries. However, there have been few studies reporting the spatial and temporal aspects of LAN level changes incorporated with population exposure in such nations. Therefore, we analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of outdoor LAN exposure changes across the Republic of Korea (ROK), a developing country in Asia, between 1995 and 2010. In addition, we incorporated the population and its demographic characteristics of light exposure in this research. We utilized Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) observations as a spatial proxy of LAN and the ROK census data. This research observed 57.6% (≈57,800 km 2 ) of land areas in the country to experience increases in outdoor artificial illumination at nights. The highest levels of LAN were found to affect about 58% of the total ROK population with major impacts on young and middle-aged people in recent years. Taking this research into account, it would require taking appropriate measures in controlling and abating outdoor artificial lights at night for both developing and developed countries. We anticipate that those efforts could prevent adverse health outcomes, for example, female breast cancer, potentially associated with LAN exposure.

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Spatiotemporal patterns of outdoor artificial nighttime lights exposure in the Republic of Korea between 1995 and 2010

Kim

Choi

2014

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Do Wealth Shocks Affect Health? New Evidence from the Housing Boom

Fichera¹,

Gathergood

2016

Health Economics

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We exploit large exogenous changes in housing wealth to examine the impact of wealth gains and losses on individual health. In UK household, panel data house price increases, which endow owners with greater wealth, lower the likelihood of home owners exhibiting a range of non‐chronic health conditions and improve their self‐assessed health with no effect on their psychological health. These effects are not transitory and persist over a 10‐year period. Using a range of fixed effects models, we provide robust evidence that these results are not biased by reverse causality or omitted factors. For owners' wealth gains affect labour supply and leisure choices indicating that house price increases allow individuals to reduce intensity of work with commensurate health benefits. © 2016 The Authors. Health Economics Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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