Subscribe and turn on notifications🔔 : https://buff.ly/3F6ZiLt | A critical link between sleep and weight gain has been discovered in a “groundbreaking” Australian study.
Long-term research from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre found that weight gain is not the main reason that depression is linked to later insulin resistance, which is an early marker of diabetes and heart disease.
Instead, the study showed that irregular sleep and ongoing sleep problems may be the key link between mental health issues in young people and physical health problems later in life.
Professor Ian Hickie from the Brain and Mind Centre explained that “The physical health consequences of depression may start much earlier than we realise, and in ways that aren’t visible or noticeable at first.”
“One of the earliest signs is disrupted sleep-wake cycles. If we wait until people gain weight to develop diabetes, we may have missed a critical window for intervention among young adults.”
Professor Hickie added that “Focusing only on weight rises part of the picture.”
“Sleep and daily rhythms deserve much more attention in mental health care, and early support in young adulthood could reduce the burden of physical disease decades later.”
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