Health Check: three reasons why sleep is important for your health
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2016
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Banks, S.
Grant, C.
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Many of us don't get enough sleep on a regular basis. It might be due to a sleep disorder, busy social life, new baby, long working hours, shift work or just staying up too late binge-watching Netflix. But not getting enough quality sleep can have significant implications for health. Large survey studies that ask about sleep habits and health show sleeping less than six or seven hours on average per night increases the risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. A growing body of research is beginning to show how habitual inadequate sleep might alter our physiology and lead to the development of chronic disease. The three main areas of response to sleep deprivation that have been examined are metabolic (processing and using energy from food), immune (protection against disease) and heart function.
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Copyright 2016 the author. This publication is available under a Creative Commons Attribution NoDerrivatives licence. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)