手机版

睡眠不足易发胖

阅读 :

  Women who fail to get enough shut-eye each night risk gaining weight, a Cleveland-based researcher reported.

  In a long-term study of middle-aged women, those who slept 5 hours or less each night were 32 percent more likely to gain a significant amount of weight (adding 33 pounds or more) and 15 percent more likely to become obese during 16 years of follow-up than women who slept 7 hours each night.

  This level of weight gain ―― 15 kg, or 33 pounds ―― is "very clinically significant in terms of risk of diabetes and heart disease," Dr. Sanjay Patel of Case Western Reserve University said.

  Women who slept 6 hours nightly were 12 percent more likely to experience major weight gain and 6 percent more likely to become obese compared with those who slept 7 hours each night.

  The 68,183 women in the study provided information in 1986 on their typical night's sleep and reported their weight every 2 years for 16 years.

  Women who said they slept for 5 hours or less each night, on average, weighed 5.4 pounds more at the beginning of the study than those sleeping 7 hours.

  After accounting for the influence of age and weight at the beginning of the study, women who slept 5 hours or less each night gained about 2.3 pounds more during follow-up than those who slept 7 hours nightly. Women who got 6 hours of shut-eye each night gained 1.5 pounds more than those who slept 7 hours nightly.

  The researchers analyzed the diets and physical activity levels of the women, but failed to find any differences that could explain why women who slept less weighed more. "We actually found that women who slept less, ate less," Patel said.

  "In terms of exercise, we saw a small difference in that women who slept less exercised slightly less than women who slept more but it didn't explain the magnitude of our findings," Patel said.

  All in all, it seems that diet and exercise are not accounting for the weight gain in women who sleep less, Patel concluded.

  It's possible that sleeping less may affect changes in a person's basal metabolic rate ―― the number of calories burned when at rest, Patel said.

  Another possible contributor to weight regulation that's come to light recently is called "non-exercise associated thermogenesis" or NEAT, which refers to involuntary activity such as fidgeting or standing instead of sitting. It may be, Patel said, that if people who sleep less, also move around or "fidget" less.

更多 英文美文英语美文英文短文英语短文,请继续关注 英语作文大全

散文 文化
本文标题:睡眠不足易发胖 - 英语短文_英语美文_英文美文
本文地址:http://www.dioenglish.com/writing/essay/55366.html

相关文章

  • 英语美文欣赏:11条普世真理改变你的人生

    11条普世真理改变你的人生Life is an ever-evolving tapestry of lessons, growth and expansion and when you are truly tuned into the messages along the way, you find your life transforms in way...

    2018-11-01 英语短文
  • Thief 小偷

      He is waiting for the airline ticket counter when he first notices the young woman. She has glossy black hair pulled tightly into a knot at the back of her bead-the man imagines it loosed and...

    2018-12-08 英语短文
  • The 11th Box

      What is your most memorable Thanksgiving? For me, it was on the eve of the day. The church had the names of 10 families scheduled to receive food baskets. A local merchant donated hams, and groce...

    2018-12-09 英语短文
  • The Nails and the Fence

      There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence.  The first day the boy had dr...

    2018-12-09 英语短文
  • An Act of Kindness for a Broken Heart……

      My husband, Hanoch, and I wrote a book Acts of Kindness: How to Create a Kindness Revolution, which has generated much interest across America. This story was shared with us by an anonymous caller...

    2018-12-09 英语短文
  • 双语:没有我世界照常运转 Three O' Cat Is Still a Game

    lillian bueno mccue/莉莲·比诺·麦丘what do i believe? what laws do i live by? there are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and i hope i do live by them.什么是我所信仰的?什么是我...

    2018-10-29 英语短文
  • 旧约 -- 历代记下(2 Chronicles) -- 第2章

      2:1 所罗门定意要为耶和华的名建造殿宇,又为自己的国建造宫室。  And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.  2:2 所罗门就挑选七万扛抬的,八万在...

    2018-12-11 英语短文
  • 火车上的女孩

      I had the compartment on the train to myself up to Rohana,and then a girl got on. The couple seeing her off were probably her parents,they seemed very anxious about her comfort,and the woman gave...

    2018-12-13 英语短文
  • 再微小的力量,也能改变世界

    A friend who was down in the dumps wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. His heart was full of worries. He was low on hope.几周前,一位生活几经波折的友人给我来信,...

    2018-11-23 英语短文
  • Interesting Nicknames of Celebrities

    英国女王的昵称是卷心菜?看看名人们的有趣昵称。(双语阅读) ...

    2019-01-26 英语短文
你可能感兴趣