This was shown to be the case in a recent study at Eastern Virginia Medical School, which found that thin people sleep an average of 2 hours more per week than overweight people.

The reasoning behind this is that lack of sleep results in hormonal changes causing weight gain. Those not getting enough sleep had lower levels of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone and higher levels of ghrelin, an appetite-boosting hormone.

So, the difference here is only 2 hours a week, which works out to only 17 more minutes per night, or the equivalent of taking a quick nap every day.

On that note, I’m cutting away early tonight to catch up on my sleep!