Article: Tired, hungry and sad? Relax, you're hibernating.

Byline: CATHERINE ZANDONELLA

DOES dull weather wear you down?

Does every shop crammed with sales stock send your spirits plummeting? Is that health kick abandoned in favour of comfort food and a relationship with your duvet?

Don't worry - perhaps your body's trying to hibernate.

Some people get the winter blues on a monumental scale. Sufferers of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) would rather cosy up to a television set than another human being.

They shun sex in favour of pizza, snooze for maybe 16 hours a day and are often moody.

Small wonder that SAD sufferers compare their condition to hibernation. When ...

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