Facebook Leads to Obesity

Facebook has been linked to many issues- medical or not- but the newly found lead to obesity is something to feast your eyes on. 

A report from The Daily Telegraph states that "if you don't get enough sleep, you may find yourself eating more the next day", and it does make perfect sense. To compensate for the lack of energy not gained through sleep we eat more calories in order to have sufficient amounts of energy. 



Researches discovered that sleep deprived people ate on average 549 calories more a day than those who received the recommend 8 hours of sleep.  But what does being sleep deprived actually mean? It simply means "suffering from not enough sleep".

Deprived makes us think of poor orphans or people seriously missing out on vital necessities but in reality it can be something as small as feeling drowsy.

By now you must be wondering 'how does this link to obesity?' The link is as follows; when individuals spend time on a night surfing the web instead of sleeping, those precious hours can really add up and soon you may find that you are consuming 25% more than your daily recommend amount.


Researchers are most concerned about the teenage generation as they typically spend more time on social networking sites. 
So to add to the list of bullying, harassment, insecurity, isolation, depression, loneliness, overexposure, grooming, pressure and suicide pacts; obesity is another threat facing Facebook users. 
Will this make you think twice of logging in for a late night browse? I can say for sure that in the future I will reconsider how I spend those 5 minutes before I turn of the light. 


See http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=57547 For more information about Sleep Deprivation