Scientists have done some research and determined that some things involved with sleeping are also related to maintaining a healthy body weight. Rev-Erb Alpha is a major component in this research. If this gene is impaired it causes excessive weight gain. I think this is very interesting, especially since many people see the US as being collectively overweight. It is explained more in the article how this gene works.
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