New study links lack of sleep to overeating
By Teaira Haynes | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Sleep deprivation comes with the territory of being a college student and while many are willing to give up a good night’s sleep to pull an all nighter in the library, a new study released by the American Heart Association shows they could be sacrificing more than just Z’s.
In the study, presented at the annual Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition Physical Activity and Metabolism conference, researchers found that people who were sleep-deprived ate more than 500 additional calories daily, linking lack of sleep to overeating.