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Late Bedtime Linked to Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety, Large-Scale Study Finds

A Stanford Medicine study reveals surprising risks of staying up until the early morning hours.
Late Bedtime Linked to Higher Rates of Depression and Anxiety, Large-Scale Study Finds
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Zena le Roux
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You relish those late nights, burning the midnight oil as a badge of honor. But that exhilarating lifestyle of staying up into the wee hours may be silently sabotaging your mental health.

A large-scale new study from Stanford Medicine suggests that no matter your chronotype, late bedtimes significantly increase the risks of depression, anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.

Zena le Roux
Zena le Roux
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Zena le Roux is a health journalist with a master’s in investigative health journalism and a certified health and wellness coach specializing in functional nutrition. She is trained in sports nutrition, mindful eating, internal family systems, and applied polyvagal theory. She works in private practice and serves as a nutrition educator for a UK-based health school.
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