Wed Feb 23, 2011
NEW YORK - Cooler homes and a better night's sleep might help rein in the current obesity epidemic, according to an Italian study.When researchers led by Simona Bo at the University of Turin in Italy followed more than a thousand middle-aged adults over six years, they found that sleep habits were related to the risk of obesity -- with the odds of their becoming obese declining by 30 percent for each hour of sleep people typically got.
This was true even when other factors such as physical activity level and TV watching were taken into account, according to the study published in the International Journal of Obesity.
Then there was temperature. Compared to people who kept their homes no warmer than 20 C (68F) in the fall and winter, those who liked a toastier home were twice as likely to become obese.
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