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United Kingdom
Created: 14 Jul 2006
Sleep deprivation doubles risks of obesity in both children and adults
Research by Warwick Medical School at the University of
Warwick has found that sleep deprivation is associated with an almost a
two-fold increased risk of being obese for both children and adults.
Early results of a study by Professor Francesco Cappuccio of
the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School were presented to the
International AC21 Research Festival hosted this month by the University of
Warwick.
The research reviewed current evidence in over 28,000
children and 15,000 adults. For both groups Professor Cappuccio found that
shorter sleep duration is associated with almost a two-fold increased risk of
being obese.
The research also suggests that those who sleep less have a
greater increase in body mass index and waist circumference over time and a
greater chance of becoming obese over time.
Professor Cappuccio says:
"The 'epidemic' of obesity is paralleled by a 'silent
epidemic' of reduced sleep duration with short sleep duration linked to
increased risk of obesity both in adults and in children.These trends are
detectable in adults as well as in children as young as 5 years."
Professor Cappuccio points out that short sleep duration may
lead to obesity through an increase of appetite via hormonal changes caused by
the sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep produces Ghrelin which, among other
effects, stimulates appetite and creates less leptin which, among other
effects, suppresses appetite. However he says more research is needed to
understand the mechanisms by which short sleep is linked to chronic conditions
of affluent societies, such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension.
Francesco Branca, the Regional Adviser for nutrition and
food security in the World Health organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe
said:
"This is an interesting piece of research putting
together different lifestyle aspects with food choices. We need more research
on the obese environment - the integration between medical research and
socio-political research is something we should be exploring more."
For a podcast by Professor Cappuccio on sleep which covers
this new research go to
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/audio/?podcastItem=sleep.mp3
Broadcast quality video footage on this story is available
from Research TV
http://www.research-tv.com/
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http://www.research-tv.com/stories/health/sleep/
For further information please contact:
Peter Dunn, Press and Media Relations Manager
University of Warwick Tel: 02476 523708
or 07767 655860 p.j.dunn@warwick.ac.uk
PR53 PJD 12th July 2006
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