A study in mice seems to show that simply being exposed to light during the night, when these nocturnal creatures expect it to be dark, makes them more likely to be obese.
The study, done by researchers at Ohio State University and the University of Haifa in Israel, looked at the effects of dim light and bright light exposure during the night on mice. It is in this week’s edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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