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evidence card · sleep_primary_health_lever

Adequate sleep quality/duration is a major health determinant

H5 ▲ supports stakes high
7 posts scored · across 5 accounts · 2 sources

Summary

Very strong observational evidence for both short and long sleep associating with worse outcomes; mechanistic evidence from acute deprivation is robust.

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Scope

Population
general adults
Intervention
consistent adequate sleep
Outcome
cognition, metabolic health, mood, mortality (observational)
Not supported for
  • claim that any single sleep intervention is THE top lever universally

Evidence sources

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