New Study By Apple Watch Says Most People Don’t Get Enough Sleep Each Night

Researchers focused at Apple Watch are making claims about the sleeping patterns of people and the results are surprising.

The team took data from the Apple Heart and Movement Study to come to the conclusion that most individuals are not getting enough sleep each night.

The report for this research was published recently which took the data belonging to 42,000 Apple watch wearers into consideration.

This study was designated with the title, Apple Watch sleep tracking study.

For the study, nearly 2.9 million sleeping nights were analyzed from those wearing the Apple Watch. And out of those, just 31% spoke of getting 7 hours of sleep each night and that happens to be the bare minimum needed for a healthy adult.

Today, the American Heart Association says people need at least 7 to 9 hours of sound sleep each day. And when you don’t get at least seven hours into your routine, it may lead to detrimental effects on your general health pattern.

Common health risks include cardiovascular disease, dementia, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, uncontrolled cholesterol, depression, and cognitive decline.

Researchers were able to gain access to such data thanks to the study that was unveiled in 2019. And anyone making use of the Apple Health App on their iPhones would be eligible to take part.

With this data, researchers got access to a lot of data points that we’ve delineated for you below.

For starters, most people go to bed before midnight on weekdays. But when it comes down to weekends, the figure drops to nearly 56%. Secondly, the American state of Washington had the greatest number of people getting more than seven hours and above of sleep. But the lowest ranked in terms of sleeping hours was Hawaii.

For those participants enrolled in this study sharing 10 sleep nights worth of data, the average sleeping hours per person turned out to be around 6 and a half hours. But despite the differences seen on the state level, all states showed a particular pattern.

Around 40% of citizens did end up meeting the recommended sleeping guideline duration by the American Heart Association.

So as you can see, there was definitely some positive that did come out of this.

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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World