Wednesday 22 June 2022 05:26 PM Want to stay slim? Turn your phone, TV and lights off before bed, scientists say trends now
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Turn your phone, TV and lights off before you go to bed if you want to stay slim.
For scientists have, once again, uncovered a link between exposure to light during sleep and obesity.
The latest evidence, purely observational, does not prove being that bright flashes while your eyes are shut make you fat. But proof that light at night fuels weight gain is rapidly piling up.
Academics recommend people wear masks at nights and fix blackout shades onto their windows, as well as turning off their devices.
And people who need a light on — such as the elderly — should only use a dim one close to the floor.
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have uncovered a link between exposure to light during sleep and obesity
