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Get Plenty of Sleep
to Reduce Diabetes Risk
Add another health concern to the growing list associated with not getting adequate sleep: Lack of shuteye may boost your risk of type-2 diabetes. University of Buffalo researchers report that study subjects who averaged less than six hours of sleep nightly were four and a half times more likely to develop abnormal blood-sugar readings than those sleeping longer. Analyzing data from a large, six-year study, scientists identified 91 people with impaired fasting glucose-a precursor of diabetes-and compared them to 273 subjects whose glucose levels remained normal. Those sleeping less than six hours a night were far more likely to have developed impaired fasting glucose, even after adjusting for known diabetes risk factors. Lead author Lisa Rafalson commented, "This study supports growing evidence of the association of inadequate sleep with adverse health issues."-Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention