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Not getting enough sleep doesn’t just make you tired. It also makes you fat, according to scientists.
In a study, participants who slept for five hours each night gained two pounds in weight over a week because they snacked more.
They consumed more calories in the form of after-dinner snacks than in any other meal.
But when they shifted to adequate sleep patterns they reduced their consumption of fat and carbohydrate and shed the pounds.
The findings are alarming with millions of Britons - about one in three adults - regularly sleeping less than five hours each night.