For decades, we’ve been trained to think about weight as it relates to physical activity—as in, regular workouts are key to maintaining a healthy body weight. Yet as scientists’ understanding of ...

BANGKOK, Thailand – People who regularly sacrifice sleep to work, watch television, play games or scroll through their phones ...

Evidence linking partial sleep deprivation to energy imbalance is relevant to weight gain prevention and weight loss promotion. A new study published today in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition ...

When patients share their struggles with falling asleep or staying asleep, physicians should try to assess whether obesity is playing a role. During discussions with your patients, acknowledge those ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sleep plays a key role in weight regulation, primarily through its influence on hormones that control appetite.

New findings suggest a subtle nightly pattern may have wider effects than many realize, with changes appearing sooner than ...

Here’s another reason not to pull an all-nighter. New research out of Kuwait reports that staying awake for 24 consecutive hours can change the behavior of immune cells in young, healthy and lean ...

If I cut down on sleep, I will have more free time.”“If I feel fine even with little sleep, isn't that okay?”Recently, the ...

We’ve all experienced the feeling of starting a day without enough sleep. Maybe circumstances out of your control kept you awake, such as a bout of insomnia or needing to care for a sick child. Or ...

IntroductionWhen you are busy every day with work, housework, or childcare, do you ever find yourself cutting back on ...

Besides the obvious fact that this is the season to throw diets out the window, there could be another reason why we tend to gain weight over the holidays. This time of year, we tend to trade sleep ...