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Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in the December 2008 issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

Sleep-related breathing disorders include snoring, pauses in breathing — sleep apnea — and other conditions in which airways are partially or completely obstructed during sleep. “Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of sleep-disordered breathing, and changes in body weight are associated with changes in sleep-disordered breathing severity,” the authors write as background information in the article.

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Individuals with diabetes and those whose stomach pouches are larger appear less likely to successfully lose weight after gastric bypass surgery, according to study findings published in the September 2008 issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Gastric bypass is one procedure some people with sleep apnea often consider or undergo, often at the suggestion of a health care provider, as one way to help lose weight, which may health reduce the severity of the person’s apnea.

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