This is what changing the clocks can do to your health

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This year, the clocks will go backwards by one hour at 2am on Sunday 27 October, giving us an extra hour in bed as we prepare for the colder winter months. While most of us welcome an extra hour’s sleep, the system of changing the clocks twice a year can be controversial due to health and behavioural concerns linked to shifting sleeping patterns and adapting to darker evenings. “This appears to be the most direct demonstration yet of the molecular connections linking blood and cardiovascular risk factors to sleep health,” said Dr Michael Twery, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s National Centre on Sleep Disorders Research in the US. Turning the clocks back means an extra hour in bed Research has also shown an increase in car accidents when the clocks go back in the colder months as drivers adapt to the time change.