Sleep Deprivation May Cause Obesity
By yuna15
@yuna15 (2706)
Philippines
October 10, 2008 5:27pm CST
I remember reading in the news that people who sleep for at least 4-6 has a tendency of being obese. On the other hand, obese people who sleep more has a good chance to lose even if they just sleep at least 30 minutes more. For example if they are already sleeping 7 hours a day, sleeping 30 minutes more may actually reduce to desire to eat. People who sleep 5 hours a night has 73% percent chance of being obese. If you want to read more, check out this link: http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20041116/sleep-more-to-fight-obesity.
Just to mention a few other information mentioned in that site, it said that the hormone called "leptin" which is associated with appetite control and "ghelin" is the one associated with appetite stimulant. During sleep deprivation, leptin levels fall and ghelin levels rise.
Have you guys noticed that you eat more, whenever you don't have enough sleep? That's what happens to me sometimes. I tend to eat more but of course I still try to control myself so that I won't get fat. 
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@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
29 Oct 08
I have three conditions which affect my sleep patterns, and suffer from chromic sleep deprivation. I have cut my food as much as is possible, but two of those conditions also make exercise very problematical. Result - obesity, and Type 2 diabetes just to sweeten the pot. I would kill for a good night's sleep, and if that helped me lose weight, all the better.
Lash
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. That means you can't just eat what you want right? Well you have to be extra careful now. Diabetes is no joke. My dad has it too and he has to cut down the carbohydrates. Thank you for the response!
@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
but how about more than 8 hours sleep what would happen to that person? i like to sleep a lot when i finish on the net. but if i wake up that means im hungry and i must eat then sleep again then after that when the time to sit and do my work here its almost 7 or 8pm and look my big stomach have to say on that....
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@carinio98 (2929)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
well high blood is the most common enemy of old people
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@Sheepie (3112)
• United States
31 Oct 08
I don't get enough sleep and I'm underweight! Then again, I get at least from 12 midnight to 6:30, so I get at least 6 and a half hours a night, which isn't really too bad. I think that when I sleep more, and wake up say, noon, I don't eat much, but that's because I would have missed breakfast.
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@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
14 Nov 08
Yeah I do have a friend of mine who's like that. She simply has no appetite for eating I don't know why and since we have the same job we both don't get enough sleep.
You're right though 6 hours of sleep should be just fine. Maybe you''re really not the type the type who eat a lot. Please do correct me if I'm wrong though.
• United States
29 Oct 08
Dx noooooooooo i dont wanna get obese but working and volunterring really gets me so sleep deprived! ahh!! and yea that is true because i do notice the longer i stay awake the hungrier i get. hehe control hunger. ;) GO WILl PoWERRR!! ;D
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 Oct 08
Wow I guess that is something new to me. So maybe that is the reason to those that work at night. They tend to become overweight since sleeping in the morning is just not enough for them to have a very decent sleep when it is morning than compared to those that sleeps regularly at night. What I used to believe is that sleeping right after eating can also cause us to be fatter since you are not using what you are eating when you sleep.
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@kykidd (6812)
• United States
29 Oct 08
Well, now that explains it. Of course, I wouldn't consider myself obese, but I don't sleep normal hours anymore. And maybe that is why I am having to try to workout and lose some weight.
I appreciate the information. Because I had no idea. I am going to work on getting more sleep in addition to my exercise regime. I hope this helps. It seems like every other night I sleep less than 6 hours I am sure. And there are even some nights that I only sleep 3 or 4.
Now, I wonder what one can do to help themselves stay asleep longer. I stay in bed when I wake up so early. But I can never seem to go back to sleep. So after about an hour and a half of being awake I will finally get up and go to work.
Thanks for the information. This has been really helpful. And it explains how my boyfriend stays so slender since he usually sleeps over 8 hours no matter what! Have a great evening!
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