Sleep Deprivation & Weight Gain
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Sleep Deprivation & Weight Gain
| Thu, 05-25-2006 - 4:09pm |
Here's an article I read today and wanted to share with you....... what do you think?![]()
Sleep Deprivation and Weight Gain - Any Connection? By C. S. Bezas
The American Thoracic society announced today an astonishing study - that weight gain potentially is linked to lack of sleep. Who would have thought?
Yet their study seemed to show great correlation. They involved 68,183 women in the study over a period of 16 years! And the numbers were sobering:
Women who slept 5 hours a night were 32% more likely to gain 33+ pounds over the next 16 years as compared to women who slept seven hours a night!
The numbers were a bit better for women who slept 6 hours a night, but only by a bit. The women catching their zzzz's for 6 hours an evening still were more likely to experience major weight gain, compared to the women who slept 7 hours a night (by 12%).
The surprising piece in the study? That exercise or diet seemed to have no correlation to the weight gain (or lack thereof). I will be interviewing a variety of experts over the next couple of weeks regarding this staggering new study. But in the meantime, get your sleep - and make sure your adolescent is getting his! Not only does sleep deprivation slow our thinking, but now it looks like it increases our weight gain.
Like I said - time to go get some sleep!
Yet their study seemed to show great correlation. They involved 68,183 women in the study over a period of 16 years! And the numbers were sobering:
Women who slept 5 hours a night were 32% more likely to gain 33+ pounds over the next 16 years as compared to women who slept seven hours a night!
The numbers were a bit better for women who slept 6 hours a night, but only by a bit. The women catching their zzzz's for 6 hours an evening still were more likely to experience major weight gain, compared to the women who slept 7 hours a night (by 12%).
The surprising piece in the study? That exercise or diet seemed to have no correlation to the weight gain (or lack thereof). I will be interviewing a variety of experts over the next couple of weeks regarding this staggering new study. But in the meantime, get your sleep - and make sure your adolescent is getting his! Not only does sleep deprivation slow our thinking, but now it looks like it increases our weight gain.
Like I said - time to go get some sleep!


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