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Sleep More, Weigh Less
Women who slept five or fewer hours a night were 32 percent more prone to major weight gain (33 or more pounds) and 15 percent likelier to become obese over 16 years than those who got seven hours a night -- even though the seven-hour sleepers actually ate more -- according to the Nurses' Health Study, a long-term study tracking 68,183 women. Research shows insufficient sleep can increase levels of the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin and boost blood glucose and prediabetes risk.
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