Lack of sleep affects weight differently between men and women

According to a recent medical study revealed that lack of sleep can contribute to obesity by increasing appetite among men and prevent women from feeling of fullness after eating a fatty meal.

Participated in the study, about 27 healthy volunteers, the researchers found that lack of sleep affects the proportions of various hormones in men compared to women.

Scientists believe that sleep deprivation can lead to obesity in the long term; because it increases the number of calories that are addressed in the next day.

Said Dr. Marie-Pierre Saint Ong - Medical Center Columbia University who led the study published in the journal Sleep - The lack of sleep affect human health, Participants people with normal weight had been subjected to limited effects, as it affects the hormones that regulate eating differently between men and women.

She added that the researchers were surprised that there was no significant impact of lack of sleep on glucose and insulin.

The medical research team measured the level of hormones in the blood samples from the volunteers after sleeping for a period ranging between 4: 9 hours, and the results showed that sleep for short periods increased levels of ghrelin in men, and work to reduce levels of the hormone satiety in women, a difference that sexy did not is not mentioned nor seen before.