Sleeping more as a way to lose weight.
Caloric consumption in a society with readily available food is likely to be approximately proportional to the number of hours of being awake. Thus, replacing 1 h of inactive wakefulness (e.g. watching TV), with sleeping is likely to result in a substantial reduction in caloric intake. Calculations are presented to illustrate the possible benefits of such a switch on weight reduction.
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The University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150, USA. sivak@umich.edu
D002149:Energy Intake; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013690:Television; D013997:Time Factors; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*