Now we are going to look at one lifestyle factor which may seem somewhat unrelated at first, but which has a huge impact not only on your general health, but your ability to make appropriate decisions around food. It therefore has a substantial influence on your ability to control your weight.
In this module we will discuss sleep, meaning we will describe and explain what sleep is and what causes you to do it, we will speculate on why you do it, then we will show you the many ways which a lack of sleep can potentially result in unfavourable shifts in body composition. Finally, we will round off by giving some practical advice on improving sleep if this is something that you feel you need to do. Let’s begin by talking about your brain.