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Sleeping More Can Help You Lose Weight, Study Indicates
Researchers from the University of Chicago found that an extra hour of sleep each night over three years could be equal to losing 26 pounds.
Research showed that getting more sleep reduced people’s overall intake by an average of 270 calories per day.
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Getting more sleep may be a handy way of shedding those extra pounds, new research suggests.
Experts found that adding an hour or so more of sleep per night shaved around 270 calories off people’s daily diets – the equivalent of around three chocolate digestive biscuits.