Let the sunshine in for better health: study

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Let the sunshine in for better health: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/let-sunshine-better-health-study-154637732.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T6T1AouyL7NdK.WUONldTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_14.63f21141635.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A work space with windows increases quality of life, suggests a new study." align="left" title="A work space with windows increases quality of life, suggests a new study." border="0" /></a>A study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign indicates that all-day exposure to natural light, even by means of a window, leads to longer sleep duration at night, as well as increased physical activity and quality of life. &quot;There is increasing evidence that exposure to light, during the day, particularly in the morning, is beneficial to your health via its effects on mood, alertness and metabolism,&quot; says senior study author Phyllis Zee, M.D., a Northwestern Medicine neurologist and sleep specialist. The study was conducted on office workers, and windows in the workplace could mean up to 173 percent more white light exposure during the day and an average of 46 minutes more sleep at night, researchers concluded. They also noted a trend of workers with more light exposure being more physically active than their counterparts.</p><br clear="all"/>

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