The debate about losing weight always revolves around two things; healthy eating and working out. Many people argue that you only need to eat less and exercise more to lose weight. Nonetheless, this has been disproved by a research paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which suggests that lack of sleep undoes the results of healthy dieting and exercising. Therefore, if you’re trying to shed weight, a good night’s sleep will help whip you into shape. Here’s how better night sleep can help you lose weight.

Obesity, as well as people’s unhappiness with their bodies/looks, is growing in Australia and globally. Despite the movements to project positive body image across all body types (for instance, fashion magazines promoting more heavier models), we the people are not looking at ourselves differently with new, rose-tinted glasses.