Dec 12, 2025 08:27 PM
Apparently I've got zero shot at reaching 100 years.
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Sleep predicts longevity better than diet or exercise, study says
https://www.sciencealert.com/one-critica...study-says
EXCERPT: Measures of life expectancy were compared against self-reported evaluations of sleep duration, with less than seven hours per night considered a threshold for insufficient sleep.
They then factored in other variables that can affect life expectancy, including physical inactivity, employment status, and educational level. The association between insufficient sleep and lower life expectancy still held. Only smoking had a stronger link.
"I didn't expect [insufficient sleep] to be so strongly correlated to life expectancy," says OHSU sleep physiologist Andrew McHill. "We've always thought sleep is important, but this research really drives that point home: People really should strive to get seven to nine hours of sleep if at all possible."
As a purely observational study, the research can't prove that less sleep knocks months or years off your life... (MORE - missing details)
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Sleep predicts longevity better than diet or exercise, study says
https://www.sciencealert.com/one-critica...study-says
EXCERPT: Measures of life expectancy were compared against self-reported evaluations of sleep duration, with less than seven hours per night considered a threshold for insufficient sleep.
They then factored in other variables that can affect life expectancy, including physical inactivity, employment status, and educational level. The association between insufficient sleep and lower life expectancy still held. Only smoking had a stronger link.
"I didn't expect [insufficient sleep] to be so strongly correlated to life expectancy," says OHSU sleep physiologist Andrew McHill. "We've always thought sleep is important, but this research really drives that point home: People really should strive to get seven to nine hours of sleep if at all possible."
As a purely observational study, the research can't prove that less sleep knocks months or years off your life... (MORE - missing details)