Obesity and poor sleep have a compounding relationship that produces non-favorable long-term health outcomes. Recognizing this relationship and implementing strategies that address it enhance patients chances of a happier, healthier life. The connection between obesity and sleep becomes a more pertinent topic. While nutrition and physical activity have long been associated with weight management, recent research has shed new light on how obesity impacts our sleep patterns A healthy body weight and good sleep hygiene correlate to good health outcomes by providing the patient with adequate physical restoration, regulation of mood, strengthening of immunity, allowance to excrete metabolic waste, and giving time for consolidation of short- and long-term memory. Insufficient sleep and interrupted sleep patterns compound the effects of abnormal secretion of hunger hormones that are already imbalanced in a patient with obesity.
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Friday, June 27, 2025