Given he once had a kip in a telephone kiosk when he missed the last train, Dr Michael Mosley seems an unlikely insomnia candidate. But years later that natural ability to nod off has become a distant memory for the British medical journalist. His obsession to find an answer to his sleep woes prompted him to sign up for a cutting edge trial with the Flinders University Sleep Institute, an experience that was captured in a three-part SBS series, What he discovered was life changing. Increasing evidence shows a lack of sleep can affect everything from your waistline to mental health and, while it’s important to understand the risks, Dr Mosley’s focus is “on the practical stuff that actually works because scaring people just makes them worry. And adding to their list of worries might make them sleep
