New research suggests that among all of the dangers associated with a lack of sleep, a bigger waistline may be among the more overlooked risks, as well as a possible contributing factor to obesity.
The research, which was published Thursday on the journal PLOS One, looked at the sleeping and eating habits of more than 1,600 adult men and women. After analyzing these patterns, as well as the subjects’ weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure, it was determined that those who got less than seven hours of sleep per night tended to have larger waistlines than those who got seven hours or more.
All in all, there was a difference of about three centimeters (1.18 inches) in waistline between those who got about six hours of sleep, and those who got nine, according to a CBS Denver story on the new study from the University of Leeds in England.
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