{"id":298365,"date":"2017-03-02T08:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298365"},"modified":"2017-03-02T08:47:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:47:26","slug":"abnormal-sleep-linked-to-obesity-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/abnormal-sleep-linked-to-obesity-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Abnormal’ sleep linked to obesity risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sleeping too much or too little can increase the likelihood of becoming obese, researchers have discovered.<\/p>\n
The study found abnormal sleeping patterns increased the risk of being overweight for those genetically predisposed to obesity.<\/p>\n
The effect was seen regardless of diet, health or socio-demographic group.<\/p>\n
The University of Glasgow study also found no clear link between sleep duration and body weight in those with a low genetic risk of obesity.<\/p>\n
Researchers looked at the effects of a short sleep of less than seven hours a night and a long sleep – more than nine hours – along with daytime napping and shift work.<\/p>\n
Negative effect<\/strong><\/p>\n They found that in people with a high genetic risk of obesity, both short-sleep and long-sleep durations further increased risk of carrying excess weight, compared with people who slept for normal durations of between seven and nine hours a night.<\/p>\n Long sleepers with a risk of obesity were about 4kg heavier and short sleepers were about 2kg heavier than those with a similarly high genetic obesity risk with normal sleep durations.<\/p>\n The negative affect happened irrespective of what subjects ate, their health concerns or socio-demographic factors, the research team said.<\/p>\n The findings, based on data from almost 120,000 UK Biobank participants, showed no obvious link between sleep duration and body weight in those considered to be at a low genetic risk of obesity.<\/p>\n