According to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the more sleep a person gets, the better it is for their heart health.
Over the course of three months, a survey was conducted on approximately 2,000 middle-aged and older adults who were participating in the study, and sleep data was collected from them over the course of the three months.
As a result of several studies, it has been shown that individuals who sleep less than seven hours a night are at a higher risk for developing heart disease risk factors such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure than those who sleep more than seven hours.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults get at least seven hours of sleep per night. This recommendation comes from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve heart health, the American Heart Association has included the duration of sleep in its “Life’s Essential Eight” heart checklist earlier this year as part of its ongoing efforts to improve heart health in general.
