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Ever wonder why you want to eat a box of doughnuts after a lousy night’s sleep? It’s no coincidence—it’s hormones. Read on to understand how your sleep affects your appetite.
More than a few studies have shown adequate sleep to be a key player in the maintenance of a healthy body weight in adults. Now, maternal and child health researcher Janice Bell of the University of Washington has shown that this correlation is equally important for children. The less sleep these children got, the more likely [...]
Whether we get too much, too little, or just enough, sleep impacts our body in a variety of ways, some for the better, some for the worse. Did you know: …Too much sleep prematurely ages the brain? …Staying up too late increases the body’s propensity for weight gain? …Growth in infants bears a critical relationship [...]
