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Both late sleepers and early risers have bigger waists and more body fat.  Lazy Sundays are as bad for your waistline as rising before dawn.  In a recent study, Canadian scientists revealed that sleeping for 5 to 6 hours per night makes you 69% more likely to accumulate pounds than if you sleep 8 hours.  What is more surprising is that snoozing for 9 to 10 hours increases your risk of becoming overweight by 38%.  Lack of sleep releases hormones that stimulate your appetite, but oversleeping means you will burn less energy in a day.  Plus, an Australian study found that dozing late on weekends leaves you more tired on Monday and Tuesday, compared with sticking to your work wake-up time.