A commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal states that adequate sleep is an important part of a weight loss program. This is of course in addition to diet and exercise.
Dr. Jean-Phillippe Chaput, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa and Dr Angelo Tremblay, Laval University in Quebec in recently published research found that total sleep time and quality of sleep predicted the loss of fat in people enrolled in a weight loss program.
They say that the solution to weight loss is not as simple as 'eat less, move more, sleep more.
However, an accumulating body of evidence does suggests that sleeping habits should not be overlooked when prescribing a weight-reduction program to a patient with obesity as lack of sleep increases the stimulus to consume more food and increases appetite-regulating hormones.
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