Which of these health risks may be caused by sleep deficiency?
A) Obesity
(Sleep deprivation tends to:
-decrease glucose tolerance, ie the ability of the body to metabolize ingested glucose in order to restore normal blood sugar levels;
- influence the regulation of appetite: leptin, the hormone responsible for the decrease in food intake when the stomach is full, increased during sleep.
A lack of sleep therefore causes a disturbance of the secretion of leptin.)
