Lack of sleep may lead to obesity

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lack_of_sleep_may_lead_to _obesity/articleshow/2519003.cms

CHICAGO: Here is another reason to get children to bed early -- more sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese.

Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child's chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 per cent.

Third graders are usually around 8 or 9 years old; sixth graders are around 11 or 12.

The less sleep they got, the more likely the children were to be obese in sixth grade, no matter what the child's weight was in third grade, said Dr Julie Lumeng of the University of Michigan, who led the research.

If there was a magic number for the third-graders, it was nine hours, 45 minutes of sleep. Sleeping more than that lowered the risk significantly.

The study gives parents one more reason to enforce bedtimes, restrict caffeine and yank the TV from the bedroom. The study appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Lack of sleep plays havoc with two hormones that are the "yin and yang of appetite regulation," said endocrinologist Eve Van Cauter of the University of Chicago, who was not involved in the new study.

In experiments by Van Cauter and others, sleep-deprived adults produced more ghrelin, a hormone that promotes hunger, and less leptin, a hormone that signals fullness.

Another explanation: Tired kids are less likely to exercise and more likely to sit on the couch and eat cookies, Lumeng said.
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Posted: 16 years ago
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Thanks. I will check the links out.

Lack of sleep does make one get up and eat more....... πŸ˜†
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Originally posted by: Guardian Angel

Thanks. I will check the links out.

Lack of sleep does make one get up and eat more....... πŸ˜†

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Originally posted by: Marthika

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hmm... didn't read the article...but just by going w/ the title... i dont think it's true...

lack of sleep tends to make u lose weight...believe me i know as i've done it a lot of times and everytime i wake up in the morning i lose weight and aslo lose appetite to eat in the morning,...but do get just a bit cranky....but nope dont gain weight at all...

but doesn't sleeping a lot make u look bloated???... πŸ˜†
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No, continous sleep less nights help a person to gain weight. I know it personally. Because of my duty schedule I have to be up in nights.
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Originally posted by: nitasuni

No, continuous sleep less nights help a person to gain weight. I know it personally. Because of my duty schedule I have to be up in nights.

Thanks for the feedback.
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