Abstract:
According to the findings of this study, there is a significant but weak connection between the amount of sleep a person gets and their likelihood of becoming overweight. Participants ranged in age from middle-aged to senior citizens and came from six different countries with middle- incomes. These findings provide support for earlier findings in groups with high incomes and imply that longer sleep durations are related with decreased obesity levels across cultures and in a variety of different civilizations. The correlation between longer sleep durations and lower obesity levels was found in groups with higher incomes. Therefore, increasing the amount of time spent sleeping in people who suffer from chronic sleep deprivation should be the primary focus of any future clinical research conducted with the intention of reducing the percentage of elderly people who are obese. This is because people who suffer from chronic sleep deprivation tend to have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.
Key words: sleep duration; sleep pattern; napping; variability; bmi
