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Van Cauter is exploring the idea that insufficient sleep may be partly behind the obesity epidemic in the United States,

有一种看法认为睡眠不足是造成美国流行肥胖症原因，范考特正在对这种观点进行研究。

According to Van Cauter, the mechanism may have to do with a small area in the brain where neurons respond to both eating and sleeping.

考特说，这种与缺乏睡眠有激素变化确切原因还不清楚，这种机制可能与大脑中某个区有，在这个区中神经元对饮食和睡眠都会作出反应。