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How Sleep Affects Your Weight
Late night pizza?
Sleep × Food
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The lack of sleep increases our opportunities to eat, including late night binging
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The lack of sleep makes us feel hungrier and therefore increases our food intake
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The lack of sleep makes us crave for, and eat more high-caloric foods
Sleep × Energy
Too tired?
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The lack of sleep causes us to have less energy to exercise
The lack of sleep causes us to get exhausted faster
The lack of sleep decreases our physical activity and increases our sedentary behaviour
Feeling hungry?
Sleep × Metabolism
The lack of sleep increases our body's Ghrelin levels, the hormone that makes us hungrier for foods with high fat and sugar content.
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The lack of sleep increases our cells’ fat absorption rate
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The lack of sleep increases the difficulty of building our muscle mass
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