# Insufficient sleep undermines dietary efforts to reduce adiposity

Nedeltcheva AV, Kilkus JM, Imperial J, Schoeller DA, Penev PD · Annals of Internal Medicine 153(7):435–441 · 2010



## Key finding

Same calorie deficit, 5.5 h vs 8.5 h sleep: the short sleepers lost 55% less fat and 60% more lean mass, and were hungrier.



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