Hurrah, lie-ins may be good for us – if only I can convince my five-year-old daughter | Arwa Mahdawi

CEOs may like to get up at the crack of dawn and go for a run, but I prefer optimising my life with lie-ins, trashy films, swearing and coffee This evening I’m going to tuck my five-year-old into bed and read her a chapter from one of her princess books, followed by a summary of research recently presented at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

Once upon a time, I’ll tell her, there was a scientist called Dr…