You probably already know that good sleep is key to healthy ageing. Researchers have previously linked 6.4 to 7.8 hours’ sleep a night to increased longevity and a lower risk of disease.
And new research has suggested that the relationship could go both ways: feeling older might affect our shut-eye, too, which may have knock-on effects on our health.
A paper published in Sleep said that “how old you feel is an important predictor of sleep and health across the lifespan”.
What did the study find?
The research, which involved 3,177 adults with an average age of almost 43, completed surveys which asked them about their subjective age (how old they felt) and chronological a...
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