Could Lack of Sleep Be Making You Fat?

Could a lack of sleep be making you fat? A study found that tiredness causes people to eat higher calorie foods.

A lack of sleep not only increases tiredness and irritability - it can also expand your waistline.

After being deprived of one night's rest, participants in a study went on to purchase food that was higher in calories and weighed almost a fifth more than their normal shop.

Scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden found that poor or no sleep resulted in raised levels of a hormone that is linked to boosting hunger. Read more