Poor sleep may hinder attempts to maintain weight loss, study finds

Poor sleep may undermine attempts to maintain weight loss, research has suggested. Millions of people who are overweight or obese manage to lose weight every year. But many often then face a struggle to keep the pounds creeping back. Now results from a randomised trial, which was conducted by the University of Copenhagen and presented at the European Congress on Obesity, suggests better and longer sleep patterns could help keep the weight off for good.

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sth may hiner attemps to maintain weight loss：sth 阻碍保持减肥的尝试

hinder：后面的；阻碍（hind 后面的，如 behind）

undermine：暗地里破坏（mine 挖，开矿，开采，破坏）

struggle：斗争

creep：爬；徐行；潜行；蠕动；渐渐出现

conduct：指导；引导；实施进行中（duct- = to lead，引导，带来，拉丁语）

congree：国会；讨论会（gress- = go walk，行走；走到一起=>代表大会=>国会）