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10 Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work (According to Science)
Researchers surveyed almost 43,000 American women between the ages of 35-74 from 2003 to 2009, and conducted a follow-up survey in 2015. None of these women had a history of cancer or cardiovascular disease when the study began, nor were they pregnant, daytime sleepers or shift workers. The study questionnaire asked whether the women slept with no light, a small nightlight, light outside of the room or a light or television on in the room.
“Unhealthy high-calorie diet and sedentary behaviors have been the most commonly cited factors to explain the continuing rise in obesity,” said lead author Yong-Moon Park, M.D., Ph.D. “This study highlights the importance of artificial light at night and gives women who sleep with lights or the television on a way to improve their health.”
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The researchers make it clear their findings depict an association rather than cause-and-effect evidence. More research needs to be done on the subject to back up the results they found.
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