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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jenna Amatulli

Expert says daylight savings time is unhealthy for you: ‘Harms are proven’

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As you prepare your clocks for the end of daylight savings time this weekend, one expert wants you to know that the whole practice is pretty unhealthy.

Daylight savings time is ending on Sunday 6 Nov and will involve the clocks turning back one hour. While one hour may not seem like a lot, Dr Jennifer Martin, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, told USA Today this week that “the biggest problem is our internal clock doesn’t know it’s time to wake up.”

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