Does Sleeping After Eating Make You Fatter?

Did you really need a thesis statement and eight small paragraphs before the question was actually addressed?

Forgive me, but I believe that the original question expected a "Yes or No" answer.

I thought the answer was very detailed and informative. If you had a difficult time reading a page worths of information, maybe you should get more practice reading. It isn't very difficult.

Bad article. I agree with the first post. Too much background information to answer such a simple question. I don't have a problem reading it, but it could be done in a more efficient way instead of having to turn and twist the answer. For example: why do you even bother to give information regarding how much calorie intake should a male/female have each day? So unnecessary. For the comment above me, well, he's clearly acting all so godly smart. But it's obvious that the article is not written effectively. This is me being honest, sorry. ;) Hope this feedback could help you write more effectively next time.

This is a very informative article.

First of all, to those seeking a simple Yes or No answer for this question, you can simply ask your parents, your teacher or even your neighbour. It's not good to waste time searching the internet for a yes or no for this type of questions.

Saying this is a "Bad" article and then contradicting it with "too much of background information" is baseless. Can you do any better?

Unless, you're in a medical profession, you need more information regarding the basics, and understanding the effects of sleep after food.

And finally, to those seeking a simple yes or no answer, there's no evidence or trial results to show how much of calories are burnt per minute or per hour, while taking a nap after food.

Because it depends on various factors :

1. Your Genetic factor. - Believe me, this is a very important factor. For each person, the amount of calories burnt and the rate of conversion of unused energy into storage fat form is quite different. This, irrespective of the physical activites factor.

2. What and how much you had before taking a nap. (If you're reading this because you're a habitual sleeper after meals, and expecting a simple NO answer for the above question, sorry!)

3. Your BMR as mentioned by Stefan above. Doing regular exercise will increase your BMR for upto 48 to 72 Hours, even if you're not exercising in between. (That's why the importance of exercises cannot be stressed enough.)

And Stefan Anitei, though I just happened to read this article by accident and that too only recently, I think you've done a great job. I just thought of commenting here, since I saw two negative comments, which are severely immature and destructive in nature.

I hope more sound people will be able to benefit from your informative and useful articles.

Sincerely, and with best regards,
- am.

erhmmm. so what"s the answer to the question?

this article was pretty useless and off point until the final 2 sentences.

Its funny to see , but most of the people looking for a short answer or probably over weight , fat * who sleeps all day, and is to lazy to do anything. Such as read a small article with great info..Haha no wonder americans look for answers like these. Lazy people will not make it to heaven jesus says it. Now get off your butts and live life, and stop worring about eating and sleeping.

If you are looking for a simple yes or no answer, you are going to have a lot of trouble educating yourself on matters such as this one.

I would much rather have a detailed explanation and read an explanation from numerous sources before I believe something. There are to many myths out there and an equal amount of gullible buffoons.

The problem isn´t the amount of information or the lack of a yes/no answer. The problem is that the article is badly written. It lacks cohesion. All info on the beggining is just random general knowledge that doesn´t add up to build a thesis, as it should. It would be much better to have the process of how digestion works/not works during sleep.

I read it all, and I still have the same questions.

HI Pedrello or whatever. please why dont you go look for an all ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING website and comment on peoples essays. this is not an english class and your comment is quite useless in this scenario as I could clearly find all the answers I needed for this question.
And to all of you writing bad comments here I want you to know that there is no clean and cut YES or NO response to this question. The writer simply made you understand the amount of calories you need to stay small, plus the fact that if you burn more by being active you wont put on weight even when you sleep after eating.
Couldnt you find that in there???????? Please numb nuts keep your derogating comments to people who TRY TO HELP and give you feedback when you need one.
Good Job writer.

Hi Pedrolho,
Please, go look for an all ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING website and comment on people’s essays there. This is not an English class and your comment is quite useless in this scenario as I could clearly find all the answers I needed for this question.
And to all of you writing bad comments here, I want you to know that there is no clean cut YES or NO response to this question. The writer simply made you understand the amount of calories you need to stay small, plus the fact that if you burn more by being active, you wont put on weight even when you sleep after eating.
Couldn’t you find that in there? Please numb nuts, keep your derogatory comments of people who TRY TO HELP to yourself, and give your feedback when you need.
Good job, writer.
At any rate, grammar trolling a bad commentator aside, I agree with Pedrolho. When writing an essay like this, the author needs to stay on topic and answer the question proposed in the title. Whether or not he answered the question doesn’t really matter if the thoughts were scattered and random. Additionally, the author really didn’t answer the question of whether or not sleeping after a meal is okay or not. One needs to address the following situations:
Are you taking a nap or going to bed for the night?
How does the metabolism change when one is asleep as opposed to being awake?
What are the factors that actually affect metabolism?
Was it a large meal or a snack?
Does it matter if the meal/snack consisted of high fat, high carbohydrates or high protein?
The question actually answered in this rather badly written article was: What are the caloric requirements of the human body as it is concerned with weight management? If this was the title, then the article would’ve made much more sense aside from fairly minor writing errors.
Normally, I wouldn’t have written a comment, but this colossal argument of bad essay versus informative article tickled my grammar nerves. Did anyone else notice that most “pro-article” commentators were “bad” writers, and most “anti-article” commentators were fairly clear in their opinions? In the end, opinions are an example of free speech, and everyone is entitled to their own. Take it with a grain of salt, and feel free to form your own opinion.

I'm in the nursing field, and I work the night shift. When I get at home, by the time I'm finished having my breakfast, I would be feeling so sleepy... and I do go to sleep for about eight hrs. I would get ready for work again... I usually have breakfast only- (one meal per day)But I would snack on fruits baby carrots and dring herbal tea at nights. I also dring lot of h20, almost a gal. Per day. And my stomach is getting big. A lot of my co-workers would comment... you are the only vegan I've known that is not slim. Well I'm 5ft 6," and I weigh 156 lbs. I use to workout 4 days a week. I I'm extreemly tired when I get off from my shift.

I personally found the article to be quite helpful. I wasn't looking for a simple yes or no, as I'm guessing some readers were. I actually wanted an idea of how the process worked so that I could actually use that knowledge to me advantage. as far as the topic being discussed goes though, well I'll have to admit that the article did take a bit long to get around to that and didn't do the greatest job of answering the question asked. In fact, I can't say even now that I received a direct response.