Evidence Mounts That Short Or Poor Sleep Can Lead To Increased Eating And Risk Of Diabetes

Laboratory and epidemiological studies continue to show that sleep curtailment and/or decreased sleep quality can disturb neuroendocrine control of appetite, leading to overeating, and can decrease insulin and/or increase insulin resistance, both steps on the road to Type 2 diabetes. On April 22, at the Experimental Biology 2009 meeting in New Orleans, a panel of leading sleep researchers describes recent and new studies in this fast growing field.

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Filed under: Diabetes on April 26th, 2009