Saturday, September 22, 2007

Lack of sleep is related with weight increase


The night securely by the fact that you sleep, not only being able to obtain sufficient rest, it can hold down the weight increase which accompanies age increase the research result that, it seems, the American chest academic society which is held in San Diego (ATS) was reported with the international conference. This the American case western reserve university (Ohio state) clear causal relation in the research by Sanjay Patel Doctors medical department assistant professor, although it is not shown, calls that you can see significant connection with lack of sleep and weight increase.

 This time, becoming the investigation object 16 years women 60,000 8,000 portion of the woman who participated in Nurses Health Study which or more is pursued. The subject reported 2 years concerning the weight and life habit of each one. The period end time, sleep time as for the woman of 5 hours, in comparison with the woman of 7 hours, 33 pounds or more (above approximately 15 kilometers) the ratio where substantial weight increase is recognized 32% was high, the ratio which had become obesity 15% was high. In addition, sleep time as for the woman of 6 hours, substantial weight increase 12% was more than the woman of 7 hour sleep, as for obesity 6% was many.

 “But as for the lack of sleep person as for the consciousness for generally healthily being low certain, as for the basis that it is not seen it has become cause of this weight difference poverty of dietary life and concerning, each factor such as motion insufficiency,” that Patel has expressed. Actually, as for the woman who everyday sleeps of 7 hours or more only 5 hours the meal quantity was more than the woman who is not taken, almost could see difference between both groups concerning the habit of motion.

 As a result you say that you can think several explanations, concerning. Besides the fact that you can think that caloric metabolism efficiency of the body decreases with lack of sleep, really there is also a possibility of having difference in method of exercising between both groups and tendency of the meal. Furthermore, the time when it applies to sleep it is little, change of the big kind of life where, but for example has the child, is thought is reflected also. When the extent sleep time where the number of children is many decreases, because it is chased in careless thing, is easy to become dietary life of convenience priority such as fast food Patel points out. In another research, it is suggested that sleep obstacle such as snore and nighttime awakening which are strong has had an influence on weight.

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