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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sleep-in-and-whittle-your-waistline/">Sleep In - And Whittle Your Waistline?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 20, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Alexandra M. Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Most people are aware of how diet and exercise affect their weight, but could sleep be a vital part of the connection as well? New research is showing a strong link between necessary shut-eye and the production of certain hormones that regulate appetite. “There is a dynamic balance between proper sleep and proper health. Sleep deprivation affects weight and a lot of other things,” said Dr. Patrick Strollo, medical director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Sleep Medicine Center. It seems that people who sleep less generally tend to weigh more. That was the conclusion of two studies conducted by researchers at the Sleep Disorders Center at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia. Their analysis looked at 1,000 men and 1,000 women. Of course it’s not always clear what the actual link is between…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sleep-in-and-whittle-your-waistline/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sleep-in-and-whittle-your-waistline/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sleep-in-and-whittle-your-waistline/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/sleep-in-and-whittle-your-waistline/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>