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Study links weekend catch-up sleep to fewer daily depressive symptoms in 16- to 24-year-olds

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Teenagers and young adults who sleep longer on weekends than on weekdays were less likely to report feeling sad or depressed every day, according to a U.S. study that analyzed National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2021 to 2023.

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