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Article: Majority of Shift Workers' Caloric Intake Comes From Snacks When Sleep Deprived: Study
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 19, 2006
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WESTCHESTER, Ill., June 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The sleep schedule
of shift workers is such that they need to sleep during the daytime
hours. Those shift workers who experience sleep deprivation are more
likely to base their caloric intake from snacks rather than meals,
according to a research abstract that will be presented at the 20th
anniversary SLEEP meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep
Societies (APSS) at Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center
from June 17-22.
U. Holmback and colleagues of the University of Chicago studied 18
healthy males who were divided into one of two protocols: extended
wakefulness or extended wakefulness with displaced sleep. It was
discovered that ...