Is the link due to?
1. Lack of sleep messing up metabolism and hormones or body recovery?
2. Lack of sleep being an additional problem caused by something else (Stress, overwork, bad diet, etc.), thus lack of sleep becomes more of a sign, and less of a cause, of obesity creating problems?
3. The behavior of those that lack sleep? They’re stressed out, impulsive, prolly work shitty jobs with no free time and therefore gravitate to, or are only provided, fattening junk?
4. Any combination of the three?
I read an article saying night owls die earlier and it just goes on to say “We ALL know night owls drink beer and alchohol, which causes problems” like I’ve never drunk in my life, that wasn’t a genuine study. Is there a similar thing here?
In: Biology
If you eat more kcal than you need, the excess is stored as fat. So if the answer was:
>Lack of sleep messing up metabolism and hormones or body recovery
Then people would lose weight, as anything messing up the body wouldn’t be able to store anything, that part would be malfunctioning.
>The behavior of those that lack sleep
It’s this. If everything is functional, fat gain isn’t a health issue, its expected body chemistry. Things are working *just fine* if you’re able to store body fat. [Heres someone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Velásquez ) where that functionality is messed up, genetically.
People might be able to make claims of hardship from lacking sleep, irritability. Sure, life sucks. You’re still not a dog, don’t reward yourself with food.
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