The Claim
Extending sleep by approximately 1.1 hours per night for 5.5 weeks in adults with overweight or obesity and habitual short sleep durations improves subjective sleep quality and reduces day-to-day variability in sleep timing, but does not improve whole-body, hepatic, or adipose tissue insulin sensitivity or glycemic control as measured by hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp and 24-hour plasma glucose and insulin profiles.
What the research says
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In adults with overweight or obesity who regularly sleep too little, increasing sleep by 1.1 hours per night for 5.5 weeks improves self-reported sleep quality and makes sleep timing more consistent, but does not change how the body processes glucose or responds to insulin in the liver, fat tissue, or whole body.
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Extending sleep by approximately 1.1 hours per night for 5.5 weeks in adults with overweight or obesity and habitual short sleep durations improves subjective sleep quality and reduces day-to-day variability in sleep timing, but does not improve whole-body, hepatic, or adipose tissue insulin sensitivity or glycemic control as measured by hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp and 24-hour plasma glucose and insulin profiles.
When people who usually sleep too little add an extra hour of sleep each night, their sleep becomes more regular and they feel more rested, but their body's ability to use insulin and control blood sugar stays the same because the cells that respond to insulin and the organs that produce or process glucose do not change their function.
What the research says
1 studyWhen overweight people who don’t sleep enough add about an hour of sleep each night for six weeks, they feel more rested and sleep at more consistent times — but their body’s ability to manage blood sugar and insulin doesn’t get better.
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