Teenage Boys Have a Higher Risk to Have Type 2 Diabetes by Lacking Sleep: Study

A new study found out that teenage boys, who were lacking sleep, have the higher risk of having type two Diabetes. This was because being not in a deep sleep may harm the body of a young guy to complete the sleep cycle needed for "memory consolidation, reduced cortisol and inflammation."

According to Medical Daily, Jordan Gaines, a neuroscience doctoral candidate at Penn State's College of Medicine, said the total of Slow-wave Sleep or SWS teenage boys' have or need could be a "diabetes danger."

Hence, the research claimed that adolescent males were in danger to have insulin resistance, type-two diabetes, higher visceral fat production and would have a hard time to focus on something. "On a night following sleep deprivation, we'll have significantly more slow-wave sleep to compensate for the loss," Gaines said in a statement.

"We also know that we lose slow-wave sleep most rapidly during early adolescence," he added. "Given the restorative role of slow-wave sleep, we weren't surprised to find that metabolic and cognitive processes were affected during this developmental period."

US News reported that the researchers studied about 700 children in ages between five and 12. Half of the said numbers were boys and after eight years, they did a follow-up study for the same 420 kids.

They found out that young males who lacked to have SWS in childhood and teenage years faced the higher risk of insulin resistance. This was compared to the youngsters who experience deep sleep and maintained the needed SWS over the years.

But, the results showed no connection between SWS and the same health problems in young girls. Also, they added that the result of their study didn't solely prove validated the "cause and effect relationship" of the sickness.

In fact, they revealed that they need more thorough research and study to confirm if there was a connection between lacking of SWS and the higher risk of insulin resistance in other age bracket.