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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
Reuters recently ran an article linking lack of sleep to increased obesity. I thought the results were fairly interesting:
The team analyzed data collected in an agricultural county in southeastern Iowa, from a survey of a random sample of 990 employed adults. The subjects were asked about sleep duration, physical activity associated with employment, symptoms of depression, alcohol consumption, snoring, and other demographic information. Height and weight were measured during the same visit.
There was a straight-line relationship between a higher BMI and lesser amount of sleep. The average BMI ranged from 30.24 among individuals sleeping less than 6 hours per night, to 28.25 for those who slept more than 9 hours at a time.
The article also talks about the two hormones that could potentially be causing higher obesity.
Even if you don't buy into the hormone theory, I think simply being awake more hours increases the likelihood of a person snacking and generally eating more throughout the day, especially if s/he lives a fairly sedentary lifestyle. Let's be honest, the latter hours of the day are usually spent reading, watching TV, talking on the phone, or using the computer, so it's not likely any of us are up late doing high-impact cardio.
If, however, your problem is an inability to fall asleep in a timely manner, you may be suffering from low-grade insomnia. Usually, insomnia can be corrected with some minor lifestyle changes. For more information on which changes to make, visit Natural Sleep Secrets or End Insomnia Tonight and see if their suggestions work for you.
As always, with everyone's physiology being completely different from person to person, you'll have to experiment yourself on whether more or less sleep affects your waistline. You'll probably need to get a consistent amount of sleep for at least 4–12 weeks to be able to tell if there is any noticeable difference or not.
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