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Again, research shows that a good night’s sleep is extremely important for a healthy weight! Because the body burns fewer calories when we sleep too little. A lack of sleep causes the metabolism to cut back during the day running. The body uses less energy, according to scientists at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.

Last week U.S. study has revealed that owls often too thick. One possible explanation would be that people who sleep in the waking hours much more food. And it is often than not very healthy food!

According to Sweden so there is more, a tired body burns calories at a slower pace. Their study involved 14 male college students participate. They were alternately normal sleep, too little or not at all. The researchers recorded how much they eat, their hormone levels, blood sugar and the speed of their metabolism.

Even a single night of missed sleep was significantly slowing down the metabolism. During the morning after a bad night, subjects consumed 5 to 20% less energy for basic bodily functions like breathing and digestion, compared with the morning after a good night.

How many students ate was not affected by the sleep deprivation – but the lower energy the body needs more calories was ‘about’ the food they had eaten. Thus more and more studies seem to show a link between sleep deprivation and weight gain.

One in eight gynecological practice in the United States refuses to treat obese women because they are too fat. The doctors can not guarantee the safety of the patient if it is too heavy. There would be medical complications can arise where the doctors are not prepared.

A study of U.S. newspaper Sun Sentinel shows that 15 of the 105 practices specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology obese women in their clinic refused. Most gynecologists draw the line at 110 pounds or more, but some doctors refused women weighing 90 pounds or more.

The doctors have too little knowledge of obesity for obese women to be treated. Also, the equipment – such as examination tables – not built on obese people.

There are also in the Netherlands gynecologists who refuse to treat obese women? Let us know if you’ve ever seen it!

Diets rarely have the desired result. Once you are overweight, the excess pounds gets rid of it hard, according to British research. Instead of focusing on dieting, do you therefore wiser to avoid getting too heavy!

Conclude that scientists from the British Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development based on research among more than 25,000 people. They followed 5,362 men and women born in 1946 and 20,000 people born in 1958.

Both groups began to thicken in the eighties and have since been just heavier. Researcher Dr Rebecca Hardy: “Once people begin to arrive, then there is always a little on. It is rarely less. “

“Some of it will succeed to lose weight, but there are very few who reach old weight again. The best prevent obesity. “

Moreover, the study shows that diets completely useless. Eat less and move more can you get fitter and reduce blood pressure and reduces the weather risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.