So, judging by the results of the study, a lack of sleep, addiction to alcohol and wandering around the Internet, especially at night, can play a decisive role in gaining weight in young girls. Scientists note that girls who are starting to grow up often gain overweight, but until now the reasons for this phenomenon have not been definitively established.
The experts made the corresponding conclusions based on a survey of more than five thousand American girls aged 14 to 21 years, living in 50 states. Participants in the experiment were asked to describe their lifestyle over the past year and as accurately as possible indicate the number of hours spent on sleep, surfing the Internet, and assess the intensity of alcohol and coffee consumption. At the beginning and at the end of the study, the participants had to record their height and weight, and then the scientists tracked the changes and tried to identify what they were associated with.
The results turned out to be very disappointing for lovers of network communication: the more time the girls spent on the Internet, the more noticeably they gained weight by the end of the year.
Researchers have found that alcoholic beverages and … There was no direct link between coffee consumption and weight gain, but the researchers noted that the study was conducted even before high-calorie coffee drinks gained immense popularity.
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