Obese adolescents not getting enough sleep?

Lack of sleep and obesity have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in adults and young children. However, the association is not as clear in adolescents, an age group that is known to lack adequate sleep and have an overweight and obesity prevalence rate of 30 percent in the US. Researchers have now found that cardiometabolic risk in obese adolescents may be predicted by typical sleep patterns.