Read this news online just a minute ago... sounds very interesting and somewhat true...
TOKYO (AFP) - - Men who sleep fewer than five hours a night run greater risks of becoming obese and of having high levels of blood sugar that could lead to diabetes, a Japanese study showed.
Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite, said the study's lead author, Nihon University medical department associate professor Yoshitaka Kaneita.
"It increases a sense of hunger as well as an appetite for high-calorie food," he said Thursday, calling for people to pay due attention to how much they sleep.
His study, released Wednesday, looked at 21,693 men in 1999 and followed up to see how they were doing in 2006.
Men who were not fat in 1999 were 1.36 times more likely to become obese if they slept fewer than five hours a night on average over the next seven years compared with men who slept more.
Short-sleepers were also 1.27 times more likely to have high blood-sugar levels.
Comparable data for women was not available.
Hmm... I think it's kinda valid for me cos after I was posted to this current job, I slept lesser (much lesser than before) during the 1st few months... and after half a year, I gained some weight!! Remember I said my current weight is 45kg in my previous post not long ago? Wah I cannot imagine myself being obsese in the future if this carries on... I must start to sleep longer hours liao *haha*
By the way, dun assume that I'm sleeping more because I'm having my Disease... no lor... I only have problems waking up in the morning~
TOKYO (AFP) - - Men who sleep fewer than five hours a night run greater risks of becoming obese and of having high levels of blood sugar that could lead to diabetes, a Japanese study showed.
Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite, said the study's lead author, Nihon University medical department associate professor Yoshitaka Kaneita.
"It increases a sense of hunger as well as an appetite for high-calorie food," he said Thursday, calling for people to pay due attention to how much they sleep.
His study, released Wednesday, looked at 21,693 men in 1999 and followed up to see how they were doing in 2006.
Men who were not fat in 1999 were 1.36 times more likely to become obese if they slept fewer than five hours a night on average over the next seven years compared with men who slept more.
Short-sleepers were also 1.27 times more likely to have high blood-sugar levels.
Comparable data for women was not available.
Hmm... I think it's kinda valid for me cos after I was posted to this current job, I slept lesser (much lesser than before) during the 1st few months... and after half a year, I gained some weight!! Remember I said my current weight is 45kg in my previous post not long ago? Wah I cannot imagine myself being obsese in the future if this carries on... I must start to sleep longer hours liao *haha*
By the way, dun assume that I'm sleeping more because I'm having my Disease... no lor... I only have problems waking up in the morning~
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