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November 27, 2006
Sleep may be key to staying trim
The New Zealand Herald, November 25, 2006
Middle-aged women may be able to sleep their way to a trimmer body, new study findings suggest. In a study that followed more than 68,000 U.S. women for 16 years, researchers found that those who caught more zzz's each night tended to put on less weight during middle age. The findings, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and presented this year at a medical conference, add to evidence that sleep habits affect a person's weight. Dr. Sanjay R. Patel of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland led the research. Read article.