This just in : Lack of sleep creates fat kids...

[evilsaint]

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Lumeng said there are three likely reasons why sleep might affect weight. First, if children don't get enough sleep at night, they'll be less likely to run around and get exercise during the day. Second, when kids are tired, they're more irritable and may reach for junk food to help regulate their mood. And, finally, what Lumeng called a "hot area for future research" is the possible connection between sleep and fat metabolism. She said there have been studies done with adults that have shown that a lack of sleep may disrupt the secretion of hormones involved in appetite and metabolism, such as leptin and insulin.

The new study included 785 children who were in third grade at the start of the trial.

/facepalm ... You've got to be kidding me? Who pays for people to do this useless kind of research? Read through the article, just skim it if you don't have time, and count up the redundancies and/or "links that the study have found" that have hardly any, if at all, correlation whatsoever to any basis in fact.

 

[imported_Imp]

Hmmm... I got off lucky then. I wasn't/am not obese and barely got enough sleep (~7 hours) during highschool.

 

[evilsaint]

Originally posted by: Imp
Hmmm... I got off lucky then. I wasn't/am not obese and barely got enough sleep (~7 hours) during highschool.

This is mainly in younger kids, but meh... Started reading the article and thought the same thing - how the hell wasn't I 300lbs? :laugh:

 

[Electric Amish]

I don't see why this can't be a contributing factor.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
I don't see why this can't be a contributing factor.

I agree - I think sleep (and rest) is horribly undervalued in America.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: evilsaint

Originally posted by: Imp
Hmmm... I got off lucky then. I wasn't/am not obese and barely got enough sleep (~7 hours) during highschool.

This is mainly in younger kids, but meh... Started reading the article and thought the same thing - how the hell wasn't I 300lbs? :laugh:

Oh... little kids. Well, then I was pretty chubby as a kid. "Shed" some bounds during junior high. Still wasn't obese... maybe it was the 12 hour sleep days on weekends and holidays.

 

[lil buttercup]

I guess if a kid stays up all night, it gives them more chances to eat!? LOL

 

[jagec]

Not to mention those video games. Does the main character ever sleep in most popular video games? NO! Obviously kids are trying to emulate this behavior, and then they end up fat, stupid and violent..

 

[RU482]

here's a thought. too much chocolate and mountain dew results in lack of sleep and fatness

 

[mooglemania85]

That would explain all the porkers working 18 hour shifts in all those third world countries. *snicker*

 

[UncleWai]

Sounds like the fatties found an excuse to get even more sleep.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: evilsaint
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Lumeng said there are three likely reasons why sleep might affect weight. First, if children don't get enough sleep at night, they'll be less likely to run around and get exercise during the day. Second, when kids are tired, they're more irritable and may reach for junk food to help regulate their mood. And, finally, what Lumeng called a "hot area for future research" is the possible connection between sleep and fat metabolism. She said there have been studies done with adults that have shown that a lack of sleep may disrupt the secretion of hormones involved in appetite and metabolism, such as leptin and insulin.

The new study included 785 children who were in third grade at the start of the trial.

/facepalm ... You've got to be kidding me? Who pays for people to do this useless kind of research? Read through the article, just skim it if you don't have time, and count up the redundancies and/or "links that the study have found" that have hardly any, if at all, correlation whatsoever to any basis in fact.

Why exactly would you consider the study to be useless?

 

[rezinn]

So if I don't sleep for a couple days, fat kids will appear?

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: evilsaint
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Lumeng said there are three likely reasons why sleep might affect weight. First, if children don't get enough sleep at night, they'll be less likely to run around and get exercise during the day. Second, when kids are tired, they're more irritable and may reach for junk food to help regulate their mood. And, finally, what Lumeng called a "hot area for future research" is the possible connection between sleep and fat metabolism. She said there have been studies done with adults that have shown that a lack of sleep may disrupt the secretion of hormones involved in appetite and metabolism, such as leptin and insulin.

The new study included 785 children who were in third grade at the start of the trial.

/facepalm ... You've got to be kidding me? Who pays for people to do this useless kind of research? Read through the article, just skim it if you don't have time, and count up the redundancies and/or "links that the study have found" that have hardly any, if at all, correlation whatsoever to any basis in fact.

Why exactly would you consider the study to be useless?

I don't think the OP gets enough sleep.