Less sleep leads to more eating, weight gain

Sleeping a mere 5 hours a night during a workweek with unlimited access to snacks isn’t good for your waistline, according to findings released March 11. The study, led by the University of Colorado at Boulder, found that participants gained nearly two pounds (about 1 kilogram) when put in such a situation. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the newest findings show that, while staying awake longer did indeed require more energy, the extra calories burned were more than offset by the amount of food the study participants consumed.


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