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“If you don’t get enough sleep your body produces less of the hormone leptin (a hormone which is involved in the body feeling full after a meal) and more of the hormone ghrelin. Ghrelin, amongst other things, increases appetite meaning the chocolate in the cupboard is a lot harder to resist. (Read the article entitled, “Sunday Morning ‘lie ins’; Mankind’s way of preventing obesity” for a more detailed explanation)”