Missing your Z's Can Mean Hanging on to Lbs.
The question is not just for frère Jacques. Sleep is the most neglected state of being in American life. We think we can cut corners, push ourselves to the limit. To some degree, it has even become subject to the calculus of good and evil, with virtue ascribed to making do with less. This is nonsense. Nothing else except breathing and drinking water is as immediately vital to our well being as sleep. And there is an under-acknowledged connection between sleeping too little and gaining weight.