Wetenschap: Slaap tekort inhalen in weekend heeft geen zin, gezondheidsgevolgen onvoldoende slaap alsnog merkbaar.
1 March 2019
11:24
Many of us have stayed up late studying for finals, working overtime, or watching cartoons until the wee hours thinking we could catch up on all that lost sleep over the weekend. Research published Thursday in Current Biology, however, suggests that missing out on sleep during the week comes with negative health consequences that persist — even if you manage to sleep through the whole weekend.
In the small study, Colorado researchers demonstrate that getting only five hours of sleep each night is associated with health consequences like eating more after dinner, weight gain, the delayed release of the sleep-linked hormone melatonin, and reduced whole-body insulin sensitivity. More importantly, these effects don’t go away after a weekend of sleeping as much as you want if your unhealthy sleep patterns resume after the weekend.
