The rodent experiment was conducted by scientists from the Pennsylvania State University. For this they carried away in mice has BMAL1which is responsible for the biological clock. The rodents, living inconsistently with their biological rhythm, began to eat when they were to sleep, and vice versa. Consequently, S.have become obeseeven if the amount of their food corresponded to that of the control mice which did not gain weight. Man is also not a nocturnal animal, says prof. Arnaud Basdevant from the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. The American experience shows us that obesity is not only related to the anomaly between the energy supplied and consumed. There are other factors in obesity. And Americans have shown us that there is a connection between obesity, sleep and wakefulness.
source: ScienceNews.pl