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Oct. 19th, 2006 01:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lumineauxFrom today's Slate magazine: http://www.slate.com/id/2151600/?nav=fix
An analysis of recent data suggests sleep deficits are making people fat. In studies, 1) sleep shortage in babies and toddlers correlated with obesity at age 7, 2) sleep shortage in adults correlated with high levels of a hormone that tells the brain to eat, and 3) kids who woke up tired got less exercise, which in turn would have helped them sleep. Hypothesis: Sleep shortage distorts your body's regulation of appetite and energy use, thereby promoting obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Researchers' advice: 1) Take the TV and computer out of your kid's bedroom. 2) Enforce a regular bedtime. 3) No big meals before bed. 4) Let your teenager sleep longer on weekends. (For Human Nature's previous update on sleep and fat, click here. For sleep and hypertension, click here. For sleep and teens, click here.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/sc_nm/obesity_sleep_dc_1
An analysis of recent data suggests sleep deficits are making people fat. In studies, 1) sleep shortage in babies and toddlers correlated with obesity at age 7, 2) sleep shortage in adults correlated with high levels of a hormone that tells the brain to eat, and 3) kids who woke up tired got less exercise, which in turn would have helped them sleep. Hypothesis: Sleep shortage distorts your body's regulation of appetite and energy use, thereby promoting obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Researchers' advice: 1) Take the TV and computer out of your kid's bedroom. 2) Enforce a regular bedtime. 3) No big meals before bed. 4) Let your teenager sleep longer on weekends. (For Human Nature's previous update on sleep and fat, click here. For sleep and hypertension, click here. For sleep and teens, click here.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/sc_nm/obesity_sleep_dc_1
