nssleep.com » weight gain http://nssleep.com/blog Northshore Sleep Medicine Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:27:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Weight Gain and Obesity are Linked to Sleep Apnea and to Poor Sleep http://nssleep.com/blog/sleep-disorders/weight-gain-and-obesity-are-linked-to-sleep-apnea-and-to-poor-sleep/ http://nssleep.com/blog/sleep-disorders/weight-gain-and-obesity-are-linked-to-sleep-apnea-and-to-poor-sleep/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:37:04 +0000 Dr. Lisa Shives http://nssleep.com/blog/?p=173 Please see these two articles from the Weight Watchers website that discuss the possible causal connection between inadequate sleep, whether insufficient in duration or quality, and weight gain.

 http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=69971&sc=3053

 http://www.weightwatchers.com/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=58391&sc=3405

Laboratory research, much of which was done at University of Chicago, points to the explanation for this. When your sleep is disrupted or restricted, then your metabolic rate is slowed, your appetite hormones are not functioning properly(making you hungrier) and your ability to regulate your glucose and insulin is impaired, not to mention that you just have no energy to exercise or take the time to prepare nutritious food.  So any sleep disorder that affects the quality or quantity of your sleep, especially insomnia and sleep apnea, can lead to weight gain and obesity.

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