Could Insufficient Sleep be The Cause of Your Weight Gain? Lenox Weber
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Could Insufficient Sleep be The Cause of Your Weight Gain?Lenox Weber
Why?• Causes a higher caloric intake • Brain stimulates a stronger response to junk food than healthy
foods• Brain is too tired to be healthy
Hunger Hormones• Increase in Ghrelin (stimulates hunger) and a decrease in
Leptin (appetite- suppressing hormone) • More hungry• Less satisfied
Break The Cycle
We don’t get enough
sleep
Our bodies release Grhelin
This causes us to feel
hungry and eat more
Fat cells get stored
Fat cells decrease release of
Leptin
Increase in appetite causes
weight gain
Research on Sleep Deprivation
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
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Be Prepared
Take Away
WORK CITED• http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/pmc/articl
es/PMC4111078/#bb0325
• http://sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need
• http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/recipe-collections-favorites/quick-easy/healthy-snack-ideas
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