Is lack of sleep making us fat?

At the end of August 2019, I spotted the following tweet from a doctor: “Was thinking about less acute stress like having bad sleep or struggling to make ends meet /fill out welfare forms (i.e. issues that are prevalent in deprived communities). Does that reduce the body’s ability to release sugar into blood? Low sugar promoting sugar craving?” (Ref 1). It reminded me of a book I read some time ago called “Lights out: Sleep, Sugar & Survival” by T. S Wiley and Bent Formby. It’s not an easy read. It doesn’t have a full glossary of terms and many terms are discussed before having been properly introduced and fully explained. The hormone discussions are particularly confusing and difficult to follow and assume too high a

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