Morning sunshine may help you stay slim
Apr-03-2014

Spending time in the bright morning light may help you slim down, new research suggests.

The small study found that people exposed to more light earlier, rather than later, in the day tended to be leaner than their peers.

"We were very interested in looking at the relationship between lighting and how that may be affecting your weight," explained study senior author Dr. Phyllis Zee, director of the sleep disorders center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

"This is an early study, but we did indeed see a fairly robust association between the amount of light and the timing of light, and weight," noted Zee. However, she was quick to point out that the study only found an association between early light exposure and lower weight, not a cause-and-effect link.

The study included 54 adults. Twenty-six were male, and the average age was 31. A special monitoring device -- worn on the wrist -- measured light exposure, sleep mid-point and duration of sleep for seven days.

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