Re: Bingo! Sleep mysteries unfold

Here is more support. This for lack of REM sleep =3D obesity

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Reuters Health (August 4, 2008 By: JULIE STEENHUYSEN) writes that
studies have shown that children and teens who fail to get the proper
amount of sleep each night are more prone to obesity, and researchers
now think it may be linked to a particular stage of sleep. They said
not spending enough time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep =96 the kind
normally associated with dreaming =96 significantly increased the odds
of obesity in children and teens.

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