Sleep apnea patients benefit significantly from low energy diet

Fat people tend to get sleep apnea at a much higher rate than intended-size humans.

A low-energy diet based on the Cambridge weight plan was found to help patients with sleep apnea, researchers from the Korlinska Institute, Sweden reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). The low energy diet helped them lose weight; overweight is a common cause of this sleeping disorder.

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