# Friday Favorites: The Effect of Sleep on Weight Loss Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss.md Podcast: [NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859) Published: 2026-04-03T11:50:00+00:00 Episode link: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/nutritionfacts/assets.nutritionfacts.org/2026/04/1-FF-The-Effect-of-Sleep-on-Weight-Loss.mp4 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859/episodes/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss Duration seconds: 587 ## Resource Those randomized to 8.5 hours of sleep a night lost significantly more body fat than those who got 5.5 hours. Getting even one more hour of sleep a night may help with weight control. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859/episodes/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutritionfacts-org-video-podcast-780859/friday-favorites-the-effect-of-sleep-on-weight-loss.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.