Friday Favorites: The Effect of Sleep on Weight Loss

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of sleep duration on weight loss and body fat reduction.

Those randomized to 8.5 hours of sleep a night lost significantly more body fat than those who got 5.5 hours. Getting even one more hour of sleep a night may help with weight control.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

Topics covered

• sleep
• weight loss
• body fat
• health
• nutrition

Keywords

• sleep
• weight control
• body fat
• health
• nutrition

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