Predicting Sleep

Are you aware that overweight adults spend more of their sleep in the REM (rapid-eye movement) state than healthy weight adults do? Well, a Penn Medicine study reveals this information. Your sleep relates to what you eat as an individual’s body composition and caloric intake can influence time spent in specific sleep stages. The researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will be presenting this topic at SLEEP 2016, which is the 30th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.

Of 36 healthy adults, the study revealed they experienced two consecutive …read more