Health and Wellness
Colds and Flu
Is it Flu or Foodborne Illness? How to tell the difference.
Get colds and flu under control
Stock up on cold supplies
Schools and Parents
Physical activity and food should not be linked to punishment.
- Raise a healthy kid in a super-sized world
- Thirty-three_terrifically_tasty_snack_ideas
- Youth Development Activities & Events
Sleep
Getting enough sleep helps you stay slim
Looking to avoid obesity? Get some sleep. Columbia University researchers have found a strong connection between getting enough sleep and keeping off the pounds. “It seems somewhat counterintuitive,” confessed researcher James Gangwisch, a Columbia epidemiologist — after all, you burn fewer calories when you’re asleep. But the study of some 18,000 adults concluded that those sleeping less than seven hours a night had an increased risk of obesity. The extra risk ranged from 23 percent among six-hour sleepers to 73 percent for night owls getting only two to four hours shuteye. Sleep deprivation, researchers noted, lowers the level of lepitin, a protein that suppresses appetite, and increases grehlin, which makes you want to eat.
Source: Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, January 2005
