Sleep yourself thin

Middle-aged women may be able to sleep their way to a trimmer body. In a study that followed more than 68,000 women for 16 years, researchers found that those who caught more sleep each night tended to put on less weight during middle-age. Women who typically clocked five hours of sleep were one third more likely than those who slept for seven hours to have a substantial weight gain (15kg or more) during the study period.
Even a relatively small weight gain can make a health difference; putting on an extra 4.5kg has been shown to double a person's risk of diabetes. Sleep-deprived women were more likely to gain in excess of 13.6kg, and were 15 percent more likely to become obese as they grew older. Although the reasons aren't clear, some research suggests that sleep deprivation alters hormones involved in appetite control and metabolism.
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology

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