Sleep Disorders and Obesity: How Related are These Patologies?

Sleep is an integral part of everyday life, a biological need that allows to restore the physical and psychological functions. It has been, and continues being, one of the enigma of scientific research, and even today, we have great doubts about it. It was to be considered a passive phenomenon in which apparently nothing seems to happen, but thanks to the appearance of techniques for measuring brain electrical activity, now, is a state of dynamic consciousness in which we can get to have such an active brain activity, as in the vigil, and in which major modifications of the functioning of the organism occur, like changes in blood pressure, heart and respiratory rate, body temperature, hormonal secretion, among others. Several evidences suggest a strong link between problems in sleep and an increment in obesity, specially in children. Furthermore, another patologies are assocciated with both obesity and poor sleep habits. It is absolutelly clear that more studies are needed in order to evaluate the potencial effect of shorter times in bed on obesity and in this way, combat the epidemic of that diseas