The study authors say that poor sleep has been repeatedly linked with obesity, but theirs is the first study to link lack of sleep with body fat distribution.
Normally, fat is deposited just under the skin, Somers says, but a lack of sleep appears to redirect it to the deeper, more dangerous position around the organs. Catching up on sleep in the recovery period of the study did not reverse the accumulation of visceral fat, the researchers found, though study participants’ calorie intake and weight did decrease.are particularly important, according to the researchers, as more than one-third of adults in the U.S. don’t get enough sleep.
Study leader Naima Covassin, PhD, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Mayo Clinic, says in the news release that the researchers detected the growing visceral fat deposits in the people in the study only because they performed CT scans, which gave them detailed internal images. Those in the restricted sleep group only gained about a pound of weight.
“Measures of weight alone would be falsely reassuring in terms of the health consequences of inadequate sleep," Covassin says."Also concerning are the potential effects of repeated periods of inadequate sleep in terms of progressive and cumulative increases in visceral fat over several years.”Journal of the American College of Cardiology
: “Effects of Experimental Sleep Restriction on Energy Intake, Energy Expenditure, and Visceral Obesity.”
Ehen no wonder with all my 80% veggies and new routine...6 packs not visible yet
The averages person loses 19 minutes of sleep per night due to circadian disruption from daylight savings time (DST). If DST is made permanent think of the cumulative effect across our population… SaveStandardTime