Get sleep, lose weight

Chicken wings, ding dongs and super-sized drive-thru binges may not be the only factors contributing to our collective packing on of the pounds. A lack of quality time in the sack appears to be an overlooked cause of the obesity epidemic — at least that’s what one health expert is warning...

 

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Some say that safety starts at home. Most agree that it continues at home, in the way that we take care of ourselves. But just how great is the connection between oh&s and off-the-job safety and general "wellness"? If I'm the type of person who rides a bike without a helmet, stays up late drinking on week nights and has a primarily popcorn diet, am I more prone to getting hurt at work? Researchers are still at work on this issue, but meanwhile we asked the COS Reader Panel some questions on work-life balance. Here's what our 127 panelists had to say: