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Do Weighted Blankets Work?
Reader's Digest US
|May 2023
IF YOU WRESTLE with insomnia (and, consequently, the bedcovers!), you probably have been tempted to try anything that promises better sleep. One thing that might sound a little weird but that has been known to work: adding a weighted blanket to those bedcovers.
"They've become the sleep tool to have," says Alanna McGinn, founder and lead sleep expert at Good Night Sleep Site. "I'm a huge proponent of them because they can work so well."
About 32% of Americans don't get enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts there recommend at least seven hours of shut-eye per night for adults. But as many as 35% of adults have trouble sleeping from time to time, and 10% regularly have trouble falling and staying asleep.
This story is from the May 2023 edition of Reader's Digest US.
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