Why We Eat Too Much When We Don’t Sleep Enough.
Researchers study why getting too little sleep leads us to snack more the next day, not only eating more but eating more unhealthy foods By SUMATHI REDDY | Updated March 14, 2016 9:15 p.m. ET New studies are shedding light on why people eat unhealthier food and more of it when they don’t get enough sleep. A small study published in the journal Sleep earlier this month found a new mechanism that helps explain why people who are sleep-deprived are at greater risk of gaining weight. University of Chicago researchers found that 14 individuals who were sleep-deprived consumed nearly 1,000 calories …
Poor Sleep May Spur College Weight Gain.
By JAN HOFFMAN / OCTOBER 26, 2015 12:39 PM Credit: Juliette Borda As the first semester of the school year reaches the halfway mark, countless college freshmen are becoming aware that their clothes are feeling rather snug. While the so-called freshman 15 may be hyperbole, studies confirm that many students do put on five to 10 pounds during that first year away from home. Now new research suggests that an underlying cause for the weight gain may be the students’ widely vacillating patterns of sleep. A study in the journal Behavioral Sleep Medicine looked at the sleep habits of first-semester freshmen. …
When it’s WOMEN whose snoring sparks war in the bedroom.
When it’s WOMEN whose snoring sparks war in the bedroom: Sleeping with a wife who snores is no laughing matter A quarter of women snore, with weight gain and menopause as triggers Nicola Simonds, 43, a full-time mum, inherited her snoring from her mother Charlotte Harvey-Wright, 37, causes husband Phil to leave the bed By SADIE NICHOLAS FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 18:52 EST, 21 October 2015 | UPDATED: 02:19 EST, 22 October 2015 As a wrecker of marriages, snoring is up there with infidelity and debt. Sleepless nights, frazzled nerves and separate beds: for those forced to sleep with …