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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

This is what turning back the clocks can do to your health

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Each year, at 2am on the last Sunday of October, the clocks go back which signals that winter is drawing closer and the days growing shorter.

Although the day that the clocks go back is sometimes considered the “good one” as people get an extra hour in bed, the system of changing the clocks twice a year can be controversial.

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