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Sleep and Weight, Part 2

May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If your parents or siblings are heavy, how can you stay slim?  How can you beat your genes? I previously wrote that inadequate sleep may contribute to weight gain.  A new study explored the relationship between sleep and weight with a registry of identical twins, who always share genetic material.  Researchers looked at the standard [...]

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