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A study of 500,000 people aged 40 to 69 found that those in deprived areas in the UK sleep worse than those in richer areas.
Almost a third of people in the study reported sleeping shorter (24.7%) or longer (7.7%) than the recommended sleep durations for those age groups.
Poor sleep can have a range of negative health consequences, including obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.
Black people reported the worst sleep, influenced by social deprivation and ethnicity.
The findings of the study suggest that there is a need to address the issue of poor sleep in deprived areas.
This could involve providing better access to sleep resources, such as sleep clinics and sleep education programs.
The researchers are developing a tool to identify individuals at risk of poor sleep and plan to launch it soon.
The research was led by Prof. John Groeger at Nottingham Trent University, and it was published in the journal Clocks & Sleep.
