Is Your Phone Making You Fat?

A study claims that watching with the lights on or using mobile in bed can make you fat.

12:38 13 May 2015

A recent study conducted by researchers found that taking comfort in the glow of television, mobile phone, or lamp while in bed can make you fat. The mice that were exposed to the most artificial light during the study gained weight.  

 

Researcher Sander Kooijman explained: “The increasing prevalence of obesity is associated with a disrupted sleep-wake pattern in humans and coincides with the availability of artificial light.

 

“The suggested causal relationship has clear implications for the prevention of obesity.”

 

The researchers, which study was published in journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, recommended that lights and gadgets must be all turned off at bed time. 

 

The findings were released following a recent survey that says Britons spend about 20 hours a week online.