Aspects of the Relationship between Sleep, Weight and Mood

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The present study reports a relationship between altered nutritional state and sleep disturbance, usually in the second part of the night, in 375 consecutive new referrals to a psychiatric outpatient clinic. Weight loss was associated with reduced duration of sleep, more broken sleep, and earlier waking on the one hand, and weight gain with longer duration of sleep, no broken sleep and later waking on the other hand. The link transcended diagnostic categories and mood states, but states of anxiety and depression were also often associated with insomnia at the beginning of the night.

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