有项研究发现缺少睡眠的人容易发胖,专家说,现在应该研究一下是否更多的睡眠能够抗拒肥胖症。西北大学一位美国内科医师佛瑞德·图尔克说：我们过多地强调了节食和锻炼,却没能认识到良好睡眠的益处。这项研究共调查了1,000个人,结果发现随着体重指数的增加,总体睡眠时间在随之减少。调查显示,男性睡眠时间比女性平均要少27分钟,而超重和肥胖病人的睡眠比正常体重的人要少。总体来说,较胖的调查对象比正常体重的人每周大约少睡1.8个小时。发达国家患肥胖症的人数在急剧增加,在美国甚至达到了流行的程度,导致了许多健康问题。 One study found that those who lack sleep are prone to gain weight. Experts say that it is time to look at whether more sleep can resist obesity. One of Northwestern University’s physicians, Fred Turck, said: “We stressed too much about diet and exercise but we failed to recognize the benefits of good sleep.” A total of 1,000 individuals were surveyed in this study and found that with the increase in body mass index, overall sleep time decreased. Surveys show that men sleep on average 27 minutes less than women, while overweight and obese people sleep less than normal weight. Overall, the fatter subjects had about 1.8 hours less sleep per week than normal weight subjects. The number of people suffering from obesity in developed countries has increased dramatically and even reached a level of popularity in the United States, leading to many health problems.