Do you want to lose weight next year? “When we sleep less, we lose self-control and often reach for junk food,” Dr. Anda Baharav, an Israeli researcher and sleep expert and founder of SleepRate, told Healthline. “We load up on high fat and sugary snacks. We also eat outside of our normal meal time window.”
If your goal is to become more detail-oriented in the coming year, sleep is key. Poor sleep quality and insufficient sleep have negative effects on how well and how long you can focus on tasks. Baharav explained that as your “sleep debt” increases, your cognitive performance decreases. You may also have problems with short-term memory.
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