Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds
Health Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds By Kelly McGreal , Fox News Published July 26, 2026, 9:55 p.m. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that adults who got about 90 minutes less sleep each night for six weeks gained roughly one pound on average compared with periods when they got enough rest. Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center studied 95 adults who were already at risk for heart or metabolic disease, comparing six weeks of adequate sleep with six weeks of cutting about 90 minutes of sleep each night.
- ▪Health Skipping sleep may pack on pounds faster than you think, new study finds By Kelly McGreal , Fox News Published July 26, 2026, 9:55 p.m.
- ▪A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that adults who got about 90 minutes less sleep each night for six weeks gained roughly one pound on average compared with periods when they got enough rest.
- ▪Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center studied 95 adults who were already at risk for heart or metabolic disease, comparing six weeks of adequate sleep with six weeks of cutting about 90 minutes of sleep each night.
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