Too little sleep can influence Obesity

October 14, 2005

People who sleep less than the required time are more prone to serious diseases including cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart related diseases. Sleep disruption affects hormones and proteins which protect against many severe diseases.

A minimum of six to seven hours of sleep can relax the body and give it proper rest to energize. Nearly 10,000 adults between the age group of 32 and 49 who sleep less than seven hours a night were studied and results showed that most of them fell in the obese category. Lack of sleep also had associations with other diseases and risks individuals to many more diseases. Health organizations often reveal the importance of sleep and its role in preventing other body ailments.

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