The cortisol/sleep/fat issue is of interest to me. I'm glad to see more studies are being done.
Chronic deep deprivation isn't the only issue; so is chronic stress. Compound the two, and bammo, you've accumulated more fat than you would have otherwise.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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