How important is sleep when trying to lose weight?

Question

I only get about 6-7 hours a night but can go to bed earlier if it will help me lose weight

Answer 1

Sleep longer may help losing weight
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2005-01-11 13:37

Sleeping a little bit longer a day might help fight against obesity, a recent study shows.

Sleeping for an extra 20 minutes each night could offer a pain-free way to lose weight. Insufficient sleep is linked with changes in hormone levels that may stimulate appetite. A series of studies in recent months have shown that the less people sleep, the heavier they tend to be.
The research -- published in the Archives of Internal Medicine along with an editorial by Turek and Northwestern colleague Joseph Bass commenting on it and related research -- after comparing people of normal weight - a body mass index of less than 25 - with those who were overweight or obese, found that sleeping for an extra 20 minutes each night could offer a pain-free way to lose weight.

Insufficient sleep is linked with changes in hormone levels that may stimulate appetite. A series of studies in recent months have shown that the less people sleep, the heavier they tend to be.

American researcher Robert Vorona from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and colleagues have now examined the relationship between people's self-reported sleep time per 24 hours and their body mass index (BMI). They found that total sleep time and BMI were inversely correlated—as total sleep time decreased, BMI increased, except in the severely obese group.

"Americans experience insufficient sleep and corpulent bodies. Clinicians are aware of the burden of obesity on patients," the study said.

"Our findings suggest that major extensions of sleep time may not be necessary, as an extra 20 minutes of sleep per night seems to be associated with a lower body mass index," it added.

"We caution that this study does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between restricted sleep and obesity (but) investigations demonstrating success in weight loss via extensions of sleep would help greatly to establish such a relationship."

The findings reinforce previous counterintuitive research linking less sleep with a greater risk of obesity. In November 2004, researchers from Columbia University in New York City, New York demonstrated a clear link between the risk of being obese and hours of nightly sleep, finding that people aged 32 to 59 who slept four hours or less per night were 73% more likely to be obese than people who slept between seven and nine hours per night.

Answer 2

You need to sleep 6-8 hours a night so that your master gland will not deteriorate or depreciate or grow old. All you have to do is to simply drink 8-12 glasses of water a day, no to carbonated drinks, sweets, chocolates, spicy, salty and fatty food. Just eat fruits and vegetables. Try it. I lose weight from 75kilos to 62kilos in 3 months.

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Extremely important. Lack of sleep causes fatness.

But even if not losing weight, lack of sleep causes slow mind and bad temper.

Answer 5

sleeping is one of the huge factors of losing weight because you lose 600 calories when you sleep in a 7-8 hour sleep.

Answer 6

You should get atleast 8 hours of sleap to lose weight.
I am doing it right now!
It really works!!!

: Did you know that when you actually burn most of the calories it is when you sleep?

Answer 7

Sleeping can help you lose weight but do not believe me, I may be confused. Read fat loss tip # 10 on site below to see source. Don't believe everything you read-- get a source.

http://www.phifoundation.org

Answer 8

Hey i just heard today that getting more sleep can help lose weight.and i have been doing the old trick of nothing to eat after 7 pm

Answer 9

sleep is essential for your health. just going to bed earlier wont help you lose weight. You need to let your night meal settle and maybe take a walk before going to bed. your daily activities and diet will help you more.

Answer 10

Extremely important. Lack of sleep messes up the Leptin metabolism.