How Sleep Affects Your Weight

GETTING SEVEN TO nine hours of sleep every night sets your body up for a slew of positive benefits. But the time you go to bed and get up can also have significant effects on your health-even your weight.

- By Meaghan Cameron

A study published in the Journal of Activity, Sedentary, and Sleep Behaviors looked at how bedtime and wake-up variability and total sleep time affect health markers and body weight. It also assessed whether exercise and an active lifestyle could help improve the negative health metrics associated with poor sleep.