Home temp, sleep loss linked to obesity
An Italian study has suggested that living in a cooler home and getting a decent night's sleep could help rein in the obesity epidemic.
A research team, led by Simona Bo at the University of Turin in Italy, found the odds of a person becoming obese declined by 30 per cent for each hour of sleep they managed, reports the Daily Mail.
Meanwhile, those who liked living in a toasty hot house were twice as likely to become obese as those who kept their homes no warmer than 20C.
These findings held true even when factors such as physical activity level and TV watching were taken into account.
The study followed more than a thousand middle-aged adults over six years.
Dr Bo and her colleagues, said: "Relatively unexplored contributors to the obesity and diabetes epidemics may include sleep restriction, increased house temperature, television watching, consumption of restaurant meals, use of air-conditioning and use of anti-depressant drugs."
David Allison at the University of Alabama at Birmingham said a cooler indoor temperature could affect your weight as the body burns more calories when it has to work to maintain a stable temperature.
The study has been published in the International Journal of Obesity.
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THE EPIDEMIC OF STUPID PEOPLE PRETENDING TO BE SMART: Hypothyroidism is at an epidemic level, most people are deficient in iodine, selenium, and other nutrients, and the "standard of care" - synthetic T4 - is proven to not adequately treat most patients.
Of course, one of the main symptoms of hypothyroidism is being COLD, so you turn up the heat in your home in an effort to feel comfortable. The same condition - being hypothyroid - also decreases the rate of fat-burning (and the body may increase the fat sheath in an effort to keep the internal organs warm enough).
So what do "Dr. Bo" and "David Allison" suggest? Turn down the temp and sell more anti-depressant DRUGS (even though they are known not to work), you STUPID GREEDY MONKEYS.
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