Sleep Duration, Insomnia Symptoms, and Emotion Regulation among Black Women.

Introduction: This study explored the associations between sleep duration and emotion regulation among urban black women (mean age=59 ± 7 yrs).

Method: Eligible women (n=523) provided sociodemographic data during face-to-face interviews. We used the Comprehensive Assessment and Referral Examination Physical to measure health status; women also estimated their habitual sleep duration.

Linking sleep duration and obesity among black and white US adults.

Aims: The effect of race/ethnicity on the risk of obesity associated with short or long sleep durations is largely unknown. This study assessed whether the sleep-obesity link differentially affects black and whites.

Methods: Analysis was based on data obtained from 29,818 adult American respondents from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, a cross-sectional household interview survey.