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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Adequate sleep needed for weight loss

Sleep is essential in weight loss. Adequate sleep is very much needed for maintng a healthy life.

A new study conducted by the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has revealed the relation between sleep and weight loss.

The study was conducted in two groups of people with varying hours of sleep. The first group of people got 5.5 hours sleep a night over a two-week period and the second group got 8.5 hours sleep a night in the same period.

When comparing the two groups, it was found that that first group lost less weight than the second group of people.

The study also points out that people who tried to diet for losing weight needed adequate sleep.

The study has been published in of Annals of Internal Medicine.

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