I’ve talked about MEDS for wellbeing: Meditation, Diet, Exercise and Sleep. It’s nice when Science crosses them over.
The extra 1.2 hours sleep on average led to a large decrease in food consumption among the subjects, with some eating as much as 500 fewer calories per day. On average, the intervention led to an average reduction of 270 calories consumed and resulted in a calorie deficit among the participants, albeit over a short period of time.
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An hour’s extra sleep puts overweight subjects into calorie deficit