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BY ELAINE VIEIRA WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/ BIOLOGICAL CLOCK HEALTHY SLEEP O besity is considered today an important health problem in modern society, leading to preventable causes of deaths worldwide. It reduces life expectancy by increasing the rates of hearth disease, type 2 diabetes, sleep disorders and cancer. Recently, new possible contributors have been identified as possible causes of obesity. Among them, circadian (cycles of 24 hours) disturbances have been proposed as triggers of obesity and type 2 diabetes. How do we disrupt our circadian cycles, our biological clock? Humans are the only species that do no follow their biological clock! 15