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Why are we getting worse at sleeping, not better?

Have we grown tired of sleep-trackers and TikTok 鈥榮leepfluencers鈥�?

If you get a decent night鈥檚 rest regularly, you鈥檙e likely to be slimmer, happier and healthier. But with research suggesting that the more we think and worry about our sleep, the worse it gets, is it time to throw away our sleep-trackers and unfollow the TikTok 鈥榮leepfluencers鈥�?

Host: Manveen Rana.

Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.

Clips: TikTok / milaandmike, TikTok / justin_agustin, TikTok / anastazia, TikTok / thesleepdoctor, TikTok / valerieribon, TikTok / alishaxnourie, TikTok / marjmaroket, TikTok / hanbanan.fit, TikTok / melfyx.

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25 minutes