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Is it true that sleeping a lot can lead to obesity? how?

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Too much sleep: The reason sleeping too much causes obesity is because of inactivity during that period of time. Utilizing the extra hours of sleep into physical activity will help lose or maintain one's weight.

Answered 5/5/2013

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