Sleeping with artificial lights on could mess with your hormones and lead to weight gain.
queue. Or sometimes you're reading or working in bed and suddenly find yourself conked out on top of your laptop, lights still on. Happens to the best of us, but according to a new study, it may not be a habit you want to get into. The study, published inweight gain in womenThe researchers surveyed 43,722 women across the US and Puerto Rico and asked whether participants slept with no lights, a small nightlight, light from outside the room, or a TV or light on inside the room.
They measured their weight, BMI, and body measurements for a baseline. Then, five years later, researchers followed up. They found that women who slept with the lights or TV on were 17 percent more likely to have gained at least five kilograms over that time period. There was a less powerful link between weight gain and light coming from outside the room. Using a nightlight wasn't found to have any association with weight gain.
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