What You Eat Could Be Affecting How Long You Sleep
A new study found a correlation between the number of calories people consumed and how long they slept.
A new study shows an association between what we eat and how we sleep. Research in a new study from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has found an association between the number of calories consumed and how long study participants slept. The research is published in the journal "Appetite" According to a report by the Huffington Post, researchers looked at the daily number of calories and foods consumed by people who were part of the 2007-2009 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Researchers also gathered information on the amount of time the study participants slept, placing them into four categories — "very short" sleepers, or those who slept fewer than five hours a night; "short" sleepers who …
