A new study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal reveals that getting an extra 1.2 hours of sleep a night may help you eat fewer calories.
Researcher Dr. Estra Tasali says, “Our findings suggest that getting sufficient sleep could be a game changer in our battle with [the] obesity epidemic as a society. Prior research showed that sleep loss leads to increases [in] food intake in the laboratory setting and weight gain. In our study, we showed for the first time that in [a] real-word setting, objectively tracked caloric intake is decreased when sleep is extended in individuals who habitually sleep less than 6.5 hours.”
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