We are an increasingly medicated population. Some of us rightly so, while others… not so much.
Consumer Reports just published a survey that says one in five Americans uses medicine at least once a week to help them go to sleep. 
The findings are based on a survey of 1,466 adults in the U.S. by the Consumer Reports National Research Center in April 2024. Previous studies have shown that proper amounts of sleep (7-8 hours) can actually help you lose weight, with appetite-regulating hormones in the body being at proper levels with the well rested.
I’m obviously not a statistician, but in my amateur opinion, this seems like flimsy evidence, only because the sample size is so small. One in five? Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised, since we live such stressful non-stop lives.