Poor sleep linked to weight gain in 2-year smartphone sleep tracking study

Not sleeping enough or getting a bad night's sleep over and over makes it hard to control your appetite. And that sets you up for all sorts of health problems, including obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes.typically relied on the memories of the participants to record how well they slept.published Monday in JAMA Internal MedicineThe results showed sleep durations and patterns are highly variable between people.

"These are quite pricey devices, and remember, they are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration," said sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta, the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California. "The findings also support the potential value of including both sleep duration and individual sleep patterns when studying sleep-related health outcomes."There is a scientific reason why a lack of sleep is linked to appetite. When you're sleep deprived, research has shown, levels of a hormone called ghrelin spike while another hormone, leptin, takes a nosedive. The result is an increase in hunger.

People who were sleep-deprived reported greater increases in hunger and appetite and had higher afternoon concentrations of 2-AG than those who slept well. The sleep-deprived participants also had a rough time controlling their urges for high-carb, high-calorie snacks.Want more control over your appetite? Depending on your age, you are supposed to get between seven and 10 hours of sleep each night.

Holy crap! Never mind the 24hr fast food chains too.

The clock says 13:25 in the afternoon I think it's time to start the day guys

Thats good to know...and here i thought it was the beer I was drinking and pizza.

We all know that and have for many years. Why are they still 'studying' a proven theory?

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