Lose Sleep - Get Fat?

Foolish Old · 10-19-2006, 10:36 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - A trend for children and adolescents to stay up later and sleep less may be linked to rising levels of obesity, according to a review of existing research published on Thursday.

Bristol University researcher Shahad Taheri said televisions, computers, mobile phones and other gadgets should be banned from children's bedrooms to enable them to get a good night's sleep

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/...esity_sleep_dc

Got to believe that this is relevant to some of us late night CC posters.

lynnifer · 10-19-2006, 11:51 AM

And shift workers too. Big Time. Especially on midnights.

kkmay · 10-19-2006, 02:55 PM

I get about six to seven hours of sleep per day. I am not gaining any weight. And I do nothing to burn any calories.

10-19-2006, 10:36 AM	#1
Foolish Old Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 8,373	Lose Sleep - Get Fat? LONDON (Reuters) - A trend for children and adolescents to stay up later and sleep less may be linked to rising levels of obesity, according to a review of existing research published on Thursday. Bristol University researcher Shahad Taheri said televisions, computers, mobile phones and other gadgets should be banned from children's bedrooms to enable them to get a good night's sleep http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061019/...esity_sleep_dc Got to believe that this is relevant to some of us late night CC posters. __________________ Foolish "We have met the enemy and he is us."-POGO. "I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."~Edgar Allan Poe "Dream big, you might never wake up!"- Snoop Dogg

10-19-2006, 11:51 AM	#2
lynnifer Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 8,591	And shift workers too. Big Time. Especially on midnights. __________________ I never wanna be no man's woman I only wanna be my own woman I haven't travelled this far to become no man's woman -- Sinead O'Connor

10-19-2006, 02:55 PM	#3
kkmay Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In your nightmares Posts: 1,459	I get about six to seven hours of sleep per day. I am not gaining any weight. And I do nothing to burn any calories. __________________ Fuckin Pittsburgh Steelers...

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