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If hot flashes and mood swings aren't enough, add insomnia to the long list of menopause-related problems. Menopausal and post-menopausal women report less satisfaction with sleep and as many as ...
Older people are likely to find it harder to sleep because of changes in the body as we age, said Professor Jason Ellis, director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research.
The study found that several sleep characteristics, including sleep quality, early morning awakening, and difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, were linked to accelerated brain aging ...
National Geographic Magazine has reported that the demands of work, social activities, and the availability of 24-hour home entertainment and Internet access have caused people to sleep less now than in premodern times. [205] USA Today reported in 2007 that most adults in the USA get about an hour less than the average sleep time 40 years ago ...
As sleep time decreased over time from the 1950s to 2000s from about 8.5 hours to 6.5 hours, there has been an increase in the prevalence of obesity from about 10% to about 23%. [2] Weight gain itself may also lead to a lack of sleep as obesity can negatively affect quality of sleep, as well as increase risk of sleeping disorders such as sleep ...
[4]: 297–8 Another problem that may arise is sleep-related eating disorder. An individual will sleep-walk leaving his or her bed in the middle of the night seeking out food, and will eat not having any memory of the event in the morning. [4] Over half of individuals with this disorder become overweight.
Older adults who are excessively sleepy during the day or have significant sleep issues are at higher risk for a pre-dementia condition called motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR), according to a ...
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults ages 18 to 60 get at least 7 hours of sleep per night, around 30% of adults get less than the recommended amount ...