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If you don't have the time to sleep during the work week, you won't be able to compensate for the lack of sleep over the weekend however hard you try.
If you lose just 30 minutes of quality sleep and rest per night, your scale may show an increased weight after just one week. At the same time, your risk of developing diabetes type 2 may get higher.
These are the findings of a research conducted by the scientists of the Weil Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar, presented at the annual conference of the Endocrine Society in San Diego, USA.
The scientists and doctors studied 522 people recently diagnosed with diabetes type 2, following their sleep diaries, height, weight and waist circumference and noting the connection between their sleep and the other data.
The study discovered that the risk for obesity grew by 17% in people who did not have quality sleep.
Their risk of insulin resistance increased by as much as 39%.
Only 30 minutes sleep debt every night during a week sufficed for their bodies to start reacting negatively.
The body remembers every minute of lost sleep
Prof. Shahrad Taheri said on behalf of the team that conducted the research this study changed the way in which the lack of sleep and its impact on the organism were perceived.
"Just 30 minutes of sleep debt each night, over a short period, can significantly affect obesity and insulin resistance in the organism," said prof. Taheri to the American media.
"The modern society suffers from the lack of sleep, but it was only in the past decade that we discovered its true metabolic consequences," warned prof. Taheri.
His team's discovery suggests to medical experts that they should consider quality sleep as an important therapy in prevention and treatment of various metabolic disorders.
Because, the body remembers every minute of lost sleep.
Eight hours of sleep per day, the formula for beauty and health, which we learn in the nursery, proves true with each new study.
The brain needs precisely a minimum of 6 to 8 hours of sleep every night in order to recover, renew and maintain the quality of cognitive functions at the peak level.
This is also the time the organism needs to recover and protect itself from hypertension, obesity, diabetes and the heart disease.
Lack of sleep and obesity in children
A study carried out in the UK and published in The Journal of Pediatrics, revealed that the lack of sleep has a significant impact on kids and their weight.
The researchers followed 2000 children for 15 years, since the preschool age.
They learned that those who slept poorly and too little (less than 10,5 hours every night) or had problems breathing in their sleep (snoring or sleep apnea) had twice the risk of becoming obese compared to their peers who slept the sufficient number of hours.
The study warns that the children aged between 5 and 6 who sleep badly have a 60-100% greater risk of becoming obese.
"The fact that the sleep affects a child's weight will help a great deal both the parents and the medical workers," commented the study results prof. Karen Bonuck from Einstein Medical College in New York.
"They will be able to ascertain the cause and prevent in time this severe medical problem affecting 17% of children in the USA alone."
The Americans aren't the only ones who suffer from excess weight as early as the preschool age.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published figurs that are almost hard to believe: worldwide as many as 42 million kids under the age of five are overweight or are one step away from obesity.
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