"In common weight-loss advice, 'get more sleep,' should figure just as prominently as 'eat less' and 'move more'"

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/09/18/research-further-proves-sleep-is-important-to-weight-loss/

Research further proves sleep is important to weight loss

Published September 18, 2012

"In common weight-loss advice, "get more sleep," should figure just as prominently as "eat less" and "move more," two researchers in Canada argue.
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While the exact way that losing sleep may contribute to obesity is not understood, studies have shown that lack of sleep affects the parts of the brain that control pleasure eating. It's also been shown that levels of the hormones leptin, ghrelin, cortisol and orexin — all of which are involved in appetite or eating — are affected by lack of sleep, the researchers said."

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