I always used to sleep with one foot sticking out of the duvet – until I learned this one thing from sleep experts

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Do you stick one foot out of the duvet at night? If so, you're not alone. According to recently published research, over a third of British sleepers adopt this nighttime sleeping habit.

I was certainly one of those foot-sticker-outers until advice from a sleep expert changed my thinking.