Jet Lag can Lead to Obesity: Study

Disruption of the gut microbes due to jet lag can lead to obesity, observes a new study. The study showed that gut microbes in human and mice are controlled by a biological clock which ultimately leads to obesity and metabolic problems. Senior study author Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute of Science, said that these findings provided an explanation for a long-standing and mysterious observation, namely that people with chronically disturbed day-night ...