Explore how nutrition and sleep enhance your well-being.

Lack of sleep can impact your ability to manage your weight?

• Lack of sleep can lead to increased food intake

• People tend to make unhealthy food choices after a period of too little sleep

• Short sleep leads to weight gain

Eating a healthy diet is associated with a reduced risk of sleep disorders?

• People who follow a Mediterranean diet have lower risk of insomnia

• Women who eat lower sugar foods have lower risk of insomnia

• Eating more fiber and less saturated fat produces more deep, restorative sleep

Short and low-quality sleep increases your risk of chronic diseases?

• Short sleep duration increases blood pressure in women

• Short sleep duration increases risk of type 2 diabetes in women

• Short sleep increases the risk of heart disease

Did you know that:

Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge

Dr. Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, a nutrition scientist and a pioneer in the field of sleep health, is author of Eat Better, Sleep Better. She is the founding director of the Center of Excellence for Sleep and Circadian Research at Columbia University, her cutting-edge research combines her unique expertise on sleep, nutrition, and weight management to address overall health related to sleep. Dr. St-Onge is the recipient of an Outstanding Investigator Award from the NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) at the NIH, and she is a Fulbright Scholar as well as a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. She has authored close to 170 peer-reviewed publications and received scientific achievement awards from the American Heart Association and American Society for Clinical Nutrition. Born and educated in Québec, Canada, Dr. St-Onge lives with her family in New Jersey.

Outside of work, Dr. St-Onge loves to cook, bake sourdough, and ride her bike with her husband and children. Her dog, Mojo, loves to tag along on mountain bike trails.

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