The Claim

In adults with overweight or obesity and habitual short sleep, increasing time in bed by 1.3 hours and total sleep time by 1.1 hours per night for 5.5 weeks significantly reduces day-to-day variability in sleep timing, including bedtime, wake time, and sleep midpoint, without improving sleep efficiency or reducing sleep latency.

Source: Sleep extension improves sleep health but not insulin sensitivity in people with overweight/obesity who maintain habitual short sleep schedules

What the research says

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In plain English

In adults with overweight or obesity who regularly sleep too little, extending time in bed by 1.3 hours per night for 5.5 weeks reduces daily fluctuations in when they go to bed, wake up, and reach the middle of their sleep period, but does not change how efficiently they sleep or how long it takes them to fall asleep.

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In adults with overweight or obesity and habitual short sleep, increasing time in bed by 1.3 hours and total sleep time by 1.1 hours per night for 5.5 weeks significantly reduces day-to-day variability in sleep timing, including bedtime, wake time, and sleep midpoint, without improving sleep efficiency or reducing sleep latency.

Why this might work

When a person spends more time in bed at consistent hours, their body’s internal clock locks into a regular pattern of falling asleep and waking up, which makes their sleep schedule more predictable each day without changing how fast they fall asleep or how deeply they sleep.

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What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Sleep extension improves sleep health but not insulin sensitivity in people with overweight/obesity who maintain habitual short sleep schedules

    When people who are overweight and usually sleep too little add about an hour of sleep each night for six weeks, they start going to bed and waking up at more consistent times—but they don’t fall asleep faster or sleep more deeply.

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