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It's not just the result of poor health causing more sleep. Both can be caused by a third factor. Chronic lack of exercise causes people to sleep 9+ hours per
by spacehome 12y ago
It's not just the result of poor health causing more sleep. Both can be caused by a third factor. Chronic lack of exercise causes people to sleep 9+ hours per day. Put those same people on regular aerobic exercise regimes, and they start sleeping <8 hours.
Also, it's not the most outrageous hypothesis that oversleeping directly causes health problems, too. The body is complicated and poorly understood.
- bradshaw1965 12y ago... Chronic lack of exercise causes people to sleep 9+ hours per day. Put those same people on regular aerobic exercise regimes, and they start sleeping <8 hours. Peak performance exercise can demand 9+ hours of sleep. I'd be reluctant to categorize sleep needs based on exercise regime.
- saraid216 12y ago> I'd be reluctant to categorize sleep needs based on exercise regime. You literally just did that.
- bradshaw1965 12y agoYep. Should have expressed that it is non-linear.
- tezka 12y ago"Chronic lack of exercise causes people to sleep 9+ hours per day." Citation needed.
- spacehome 12y agoSorry, but personal experiences. Not the night of, of course, but having a habit of regular exercise.