Medicine's Sally Ibrahim shares potential health effects of not getting enough sleep as a teen

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Can sleep apnea lead to weight gain?

Lose It!Sally Ibrahim, associate professor at the School of Medicine, explained how not getting enough sleep as a teen can lead to imbalanced appetite hormones. “Studies in teens, for example, show that a night of staying up makes them have more food cravings, particularly for ‘high energy’ or ‘quick energy’ foods like carbs and sugars,” said Ibrahim.

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