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Irregular sleep schedules linked to adverse metabolic health in women |
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POSTED 12 Feb 2016 . BY Jane Kitchen |
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Women with irregular sleep cycles are more likely to have a higher body mass index and an increase in insulin resistance Credit: Shutterstock Photographee.eu
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A new study published in this month’s issue of Sleep magazine suggests that women with irregular sleep cycles are more likely to have a higher body mass index and an increase in insulin resistance – two indicators of adverse metabolic health.
“Irregular sleep schedules, including highly variable bedtimes and staying up much later than usual, are associated in midlife women with insulin resistance, which is an important indicator of metabolic health, including diabetes risk,” said senior author Martica Hall, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. “We found that weekday-weekend differences in bedtime were especially important.”
Hall said the study is important because diabetes risk increases in midlife women, and the study suggests that irregular sleep schedules may be an important piece of the puzzle.
“The good news is that sleep timing is a modifiable behaviour,” said Hall. “Metabolic health was better in women who had more regular sleep schedules, including regular bedtimes across weekdays and weekends.”
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Time to sleep in the spa, says Wdson Brum
POSTED 04 Feb 2016. BY Wdson Brum
Spa clients are often so relaxed at the end of a treatment, they fall asleep, so why not
incorporate that ultimate indulgence into the treatment, says Wdson Brum, director of spa
at Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace in St. Petersburg.
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Weight loss through diet changes can improve sleep at any body weight: study
POSTED 22 Dec 2015. BY Jane Kitchen
Weight loss due to dietary changes can improve sleepiness at any weight, says a new
study published by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania this month in the journal Sleep. The findings offer new insights into how
weight fluctuations impact numerous aspects of sleep independent of body weight.
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Bannatyne has bounced back from the pandemic |
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and profits restored to pre-2020 levels in 2023, according to its year-end results. |
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