Sleep restriction results in weight gain despite decreases in appetite and consumption

Monday, June 8, 2009 - 01:21 in Health & Medicine

According to new research, in the presence of free access to food, sleep restricted subjects reported decrease in appetite, food cravings and food consumption; however, they gained weight over the course of the study. Thus, the finding suggests that energy intake exceeded energy expenditure during the sleep restriction

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