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Getting enough sleep?
Researchers at the Universities of Iowa
and Wisconsin collaborated to assess the possible link between sleep duration
and obesity (Arch Intern Med 2006;166:1701-1705). In an analysis
of data collected from 990 working adults in the rural county of Keokuk,
Iowa, they correlated self-reported sleep time with Body Mass Index.
After adjusting for sex, age, snoring, and other factors, they found
an inverse relationship between Body Mass Index and sleep duration. Indeed,
those with the shortest sleep time (less than 6 hours per night) had the
highest BMI, averaging in this rural population at just over 30 (the threshold
for obesity).
Those who got 9 or more hours per night had an average BMI of 28.25 -
in the overweight range. For each 1-hour decrease in sleep time, the researchers
estimated that BMI increased by 0.42. That may not seem like much, but
for a person 5 feet, 10 inches tall (177.8cm), that's an increase of just
about 3 pounds (1.34kg).
What this means for you:
Just as small changes in diet or amount of exercise can have a big impact
on your weight and overall health, so (it seems) can the amount of sleep
you get each night. Most adults need at least 7 hours of sleep per night
- are you getting enough?
