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S1E142: Boys with nine hours of sleep are less likely to grow fat
Boys who slept nine hours or more every night had a lower obesity risk and less dangerous fat.
Synopsis: Every first Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
A recent A*Star study found that boys who slept at least nine hours every night had a 51 per cent lower obesity risk and less abdominal fat.
Abdominal fat, particularly fat around internal organs, is more strongly linked to metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease than overall body weight.
Published in the journal Obesity (Oct 2025), the study used MRI…
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