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United States GMB doctor explains why not getting enough sleep can cause weight gain
Good Morning Britain viewers heard from Dr Amir Khan on this morning's show, as he shared why you might be putting on weight.
According to the doctor, it can be if you don't get enough sleep and he expanded on the health benefits of sleep.
He told presenters Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley : "With regards to sleep, I'm a big fan of the health benefits of sleep. It does so many good things but one of the things it does do is that it suppresses your hunger hormone ghrelin and it helps keep you full by promoting a hormone called leptin.
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"So good amounts of sleep will help suppress hunger and reduce your appetite and getting more sleep prevents snacking, that kind of thing, and helps lose weight that way too."
The celebrity doctor also spoke of a new injection that might soon be offered on the NHS, stabilising hunger hormones.
The injection is called semaglutide, mimicking a hormone naturally produced in the gut, decreasing hunger.
It would be administered weekly and although it's not new, it is now being looked at for NHS approval.
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The doctor explained: "There's an injection that everyone's talking about called semaglutide, it's from a family of drugs called GLP-1. It's a once-weekly injection and it mimics a hormone that is naturally produced in your gut and it slows down the movement of food through your gut, decreasing your appetite and decreasing your hunger as well.
"So it helps lose weight by suppressing all of those things. It's not a new drug - we've been using it for quite some time to manage issues like Type 2 diabetes. It helps control blood sugars as well, but it's now being looked at for approval for use in the NHS for weight loss. So it's perhaps for people who are struggling with their weight to look forward to.
"Lots of people struggle with their weight for lots of different reasons. And it's not about movement or treatment - other illnesses like chronic pain can help prevent people from [gaining] weight."
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