Lack of sleep make people more likely to put on weight

"Sleep quality of many men has a beer belly, and most have beer belly of sleep in men are also not very good." As the United States the world the first big "fatty countries in obese people," statistical analysis found that beer belly (which is also central obesity) and to sleep problems associated with each other.

And according to the north Carolina WeiKeFu Lester university medical school researchers measured with a CT scan research object of belly fat, including subcutaneous fat and visceral fat display. The reason of the men get fat their visceral fat content and diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease also have closely related.

Among them, the night of sleep time every day on average less than 5 hours, visceral fat content will increase 32%, than normal and 6-7 hours in between, fat increased by 13%, not less than 8 hours increased by 22%. Therefore, the researchers think, sleep time for belly fat increase, there are three possible reasons.

First, sleep may make people less tired, lead to day to exercise body; So, and sleep time than those in the appropriate, sleep lower odds on sports spend less time, and more likely to increase more fat.

Second, less sleep may affect appetite and the hormone level and lead to excessive food. After all, in the right time eating unhealthy food also will increase stroke, heart disease and the risk of stomach disorders. It also shows that eating habits and sleep patterns mutual influence, and when to eat and eat what are equally important. According to estimates, a person in all night long scores after breakfast, the energy consumption foot eight hours of sleep than the 15% lower energy consumption, this has not been part of the consumption of energy will be transformed stored as fat.

Third, because depression and cause too little sleep. According to a study last year, according to results have too little sleep easy to cause abdominal obesity and the waist, and lack of deep sleep and dreams and less obesity. So, if you want to keep slim, it is better to keep enough sleep, as far as possible don't stay up late.