Sleep Less, Gain Weight: Extended Sleep Deprivation Can Widen Your Waistline

People who shortened their sleep by around 80 minutes a night for six weeks gained weight and were more sedentary, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have found. “Our study shows that getting adequate sleep may help reduce the risk of weight gain and obesity-related conditions like heart disease and diabetes,” says Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a professor of nutritional medicine in Columbia’s Department of Medicine and Institute for Human Nutrition and study...