Researchers think the association between sleeping late and ill health may be related to the body clock being misaligned to activities such as working and eating. Scientists adjusted for the expected health problems in night owls and still found a 10% higher risk of death compared to the early birds

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Researchers think the association between sleeping late and ill health may be related to the body clock being misaligned to activities such as working and eating. Scientists adjusted for the expected health problems in night owls and still found a 10% higher risk of death compared to the early birds