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2. People sleep less as they age? In my experience a lot of older people seem to say this. Note sure why it's true.
by pcunite 9y ago
2. People sleep less as they age?
In my experience a lot of older people seem to say this. Note sure why it's true.
- swift 9y agoIn the case of my own family members, this seems to stem from physical maladies that are correlated with age - back injuries, for example, or weight increases aggravating sleep apnea. I'm not sure how things look for old people who are extremely healthy, though.
- Someone 9y agohttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031938487903210 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/00319384879...: "The mean sleep duration (from PAM) equaled 7.29±0.8 (S.D.) hr compared to 7.84±0.62 hr as estimated from the daily diaries. Neither parameter was correlated significantly with age (p>0.05)" (N=43, 9 days, age range 21-83)
- ProAm 9y ago> In my experience a lot of older people seem to say this. Note sure why it's true. Because after age 30 your body, more or less, starts to die. There is a lot of discomfort and pain that is usually associated with this and as a result affects the quality and duration of sleep.