Reduced sleep may increase hunger
Sleep deprivation may alter the hormones that control hunger (increasing the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin and lowering the levels of the satiety-inducing hormone leptin).
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Tackling obesity in the UK »Tackling obesity in the UK
Causes of obesity »Causes of obesity
Industrial way of life is obesogenic »Industrial way of life is obesogenic
Reduced sleep »Reduced sleep
Reduced sleep may increase energy intake »Reduced sleep may increase energy intake
Reduced sleep may increase hunger
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