Say Goodnight to Weight Gain: We re...

Say Goodnight to Weight Gain: We reported this of recent origins in our October 2004 issue, nevertheless now it's official. It was announced at the North American Association for the research of Obesity on November 15 2004 that obesity is linked to a lack of repose Levels of leptin--a satiety hormone--dropped by means of 20 percent in subjects allowed to slumber for only 4 hours a night, and flushs of a hunger-promoting peptide called ghrelin rose at 20 percent:

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