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- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Of course the lack of sleep plays a role in increasing obesity rates. As does fast food, soda, beer, not enough sex, video games, segways, subways, and escalators.
- LRoy12, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I want an article talking about the benefits of sex. :O
- Shamonue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Good news, gotta tell my boss this so I might can quit coming in so damn early.
- repairman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This is because after 2-4 hours, your body has not reached the deeper stages of sleep. The delta sleep is sometimes not needed in order to feel fully refreshed. Here is a WebMD article on sleep disorders that discusses the 4 stages of sleep:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/105/107660.htm - Matt-lars, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12This is odd because it seems like when I get more than 7 hours of sleep I feel like a zombie, yet when I only get 2-4 hours of sleep I'm ready to go..
- aapala, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Then I would say that you're not typical... at least not in that respect.
- ninetimes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7While it's not surprising that sleep and health are connected, it doesn't follow that more sleep will cause you to lose weight. There might be a third factor, such as stress, bad diet, etc. that could cause both loss of sleep and health problems. Alternatively, it could be that being overweight causes you to sleep less.
It's sloppy science. Correlation is not causation. - badave, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11I have been thinking this for years and I have been waiting for a study to come out on it. When you have census data saying that the population is 60% obese and the average sleep time is lower than it has ever been, you start to wonder if there might be a correlation.
A lot of wellbeing is linked to sleep and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. Too bad that as a student, I can't always get a reasonable amount of sleep every night. - musntSurfatWork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I'll sleep so long when I'm dead, I'll be the healthiest carcass the earth has ever had buried.
- jomommaznutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Wow, I never thought I'd see a virgin on Digg.
- omnithought, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well duh, if you're sleeping, you're not eating.
- zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4So basically, if you sleep longer you can live longer. The catch is that you'd have only just slept away the additional time you got :-/
- flink405, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If one spends more time sleeping that leaves less time for eating!
- HsoKinees, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2so.. us Insomniacs are doomed to bad health? hmm.. fine by me :P
- bushawa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3To add to aks123,
Also, people are eating dinner later than the baby boomers did. Not like the old days when dinner was at 6pm sharp. Growing up I used to have dinner at 6pm sharp when I lived in the mountains of Colorado (and my mom had nothing to do but cook and clean). When we moved to California we started eating dinner later (around 7 - 8pm). Now that I am living on my own I usually do not eat dinner till sometimes 9:30 - 10:00pm. According to the line drawn by the government I am overweight (not obese). 6' 3" - 225 lbs. with 16% body fat. - Xoligy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Haha finally the proof I've been waiting for!
- getsaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hrmm.. sort-of contradicts this article I saw linked from Slashdot a few years ago.. Or was it from New Scientist?.. anyway.. here's the article.
Sleep Less, Live Longer? (fox-news style)
http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/02_08_Kripke.html - Phomeister, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My thoughts exactly.. less time for eating if you're asleep.
- Nightfall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yup, I agree. It isn't just one factor or another that leads to being overweight. You have to look at lifestyle, eating habits, exercise, sleep, and so on. You can't say its one thing thats causing the problem.
Odds are, if you eat right, exercise 3-5 times a week, and treat your body right then you won't be overweight. - MindTrigger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I use to go to the gym at night, around 8-9pm, but then I would come home hungry and stay up later. I found that by hitting the gym around 5:30am, I'm tired enough to go to bed around 10pm, and I won't stay up for that late night snack. Made a huge difference for me.
It's tough though. I'm naturally a night person. I really have to fight to keep this schedule going. - atilio12, on 01/23/2009, -0/+1For weight-loss check http://Superacaiberry.org
- garethevans, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As someone who seems only able to code stuff at 2 am, I find this unfortunate.
- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Er. "As do", as it were. Apparently all of those things also affect my english.
- Xarou, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I tend not to feel rested getting 7 or 8 hours of sleep. I can function quite well at 5-6, sometimes even 4.
- Nightfall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I wish I could live on that much sleep. If I get less than 6, I can't function well. 7 is a sweet spot for me. 8 or more I really feel no different than if I had 7.
Point is there is no wrong answer here. We are all different. Some can go with less sleep, while others have to have more. Find your average and stick to it. - nstanosheck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Of course lack of sleep can stress you out and more sleep can lessen your stress so that factor can be directly affected by the amount of sleep you get.
- EmmaGiraldi, on 08/19/2008, -0/+0If you are a fatty like me trying to lose belly fat http://www.2losebellyfat.com/
- JuyLe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Sure it's true, but it's not that easy to sleep more unfortunatly. Show it at the G8, maybe they could do something for us, unless they don't want us to live longuer...
- SteelChicken, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2really? most of modern medicene is based upon Correlation = Causation "buy our drugs!"
- zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Yep, same here. More than 7 and I feel like crap. Although if I get 5 or less I feel crapper ;)
- tituskashmarek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3im with you on this one, if i only get a few hours sleep i feel much better then when i get alot.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1When I see these kinds of studies I always have to wonder about lurking variables. People who make more money tend to actually weigh less than those who make less. Also, if you make more money you're likely to be able to get more sleep because you don't have to work all the time. Additionally, people who make more money can afford higher quality food and health care. Where does all of this factor in?
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2If those fatties hit the gym, they would be in bed sawing logs by 10pm not sitting in front of the TV stuffing their fat faces.
No Dig = Obvious - grooviekenn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Wow... dead people must really be healthy!!
- aks123, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2It could also be the other way around--people who eat a lot could end up staying up later. Whenever I eat a big dinner, it is almost impossible for me to go to sleep within 2 hours afterwards.
- Xarou, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2I enjoy many of those things on that list and I'm not overweight. As a recent college grad, I enjoy my beer, soda and video games. As a working man now, I enjoy my fast food. And as a virgin, I still have the lack of sex. But yet I'm not fat. And I don't exercise often either.
- jcapogna, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2sleep is for the weak
- thunderball, on 10/12/2007, -26/+7sleep is a waste of time
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