Amy Drescher

About

Amy Drescher, PhD, RDN, is an Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness at the University of Arizona. She is based in Shantz 236 and can be contacted via phone at 520-621-7522 or email at drescher@arizona.edu. Her office hours are from 9AM to 3PM, Monday through Friday, with a break for lunch from 12-1PM. Dr. Drescher's role involves teaching, research, and extension within the field of nutritional sciences, contributing to the university's efforts in education and community service. She is a member of the faculty in the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, which is part of the College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences.

Research topics

• Internal medicine
• Cardiology
• Medicine
• Intensive care medicine

Selected publications

• Longitudinal Association between Short Sleep, Body Weight, and Emotional and Learning Problems in Hispanic and Caucasian Children

  SLEEP · 2011-09-01 · 79 citations

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  STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of lower amounts of childhood sleep assessed by polysomnogram on development of obesity, being anxious or depressed, or having learning problems 5 years later. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. PARTICIPANTS: Subjects were 304 community participants from the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea study, aged 6-12 years old at baseline. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Children were classified according to baseline sleep as those who slept ≥ 9 h/night, those who sl…

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• Caffeine and Screen Time in Adolescence: Associations with Short Sleep and Obesity

  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · 2011-08-15 · 69 citations

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• Associations of Dietary Intake and Physical Activity with Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Apnea Positive Pressure Long-term Efficacy Study (APPLES)

  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · 2008-10-15 · 58 citations

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• Impact of CPAP on Activity Patterns and Diet in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · 2014-05-14 · 44 citations

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• Effects of exercise and nutritional intake on sleep architecture in adolescents

  Sleep And Breathing · 2012-01-30 · 34 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Stuart F. Quan

  10 shared

• Edward J. Hoffenberg

  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  9 shared

• R F Barnhurst

  University of Colorado Denver

  9 shared

• Joel E. Haas

  9 shared

• G. Gan

  7 shared

• Timothy C. Tan

  UNSW Sydney

  5 shared

• A. Bhat

  5 shared

• Tao Tan

  Xinxiang Medical University

  5 shared

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