Sleep May Keep You Thin
AMSTERDAM (AFP) – The secret of staying thin
could be at least partly down to a good
night's rest, an international conference on
obesity heard in Amsterdam.
"After a bad night's sleep, people ate 550
calories (22 percent) more than normal,"
said the findings of a study by the European
Centre of Taste Science in Dijon in central
France, presented at the gathering.
This represented about one large hamburger.
Feelings of hunger were higher among a test
group who slept four hours the previous
night than among those who slept eight
hours, stated an extract of the findings.
"These results indicate that sleep
deprivation increases food intake and...
could be a factor promoting obesity," it
added.
A separate study conducted by researchers at
the Netherlands' Maastricht University found
that children who got less sleep during
puberty than when they were younger also
gained more weight compared to children
whose sleep patterns did not change.
The World Health Organization estimates that
in 2005, about 1.6 billion adults were
overweight, of which at least 400 million
were obese.
The conference was organized by the European
Association for the Study of Obesity.
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