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The Impact of Sleep on Health Outcomes Across Age Groups
This chapter delves into the critical role of sleep in overall health, discussing its effects on cognitive function, mood, mental health, cardiovascular health, and metabolic health. It emphasizes how proper sleep duration and quality influence accident risk and highlights the relationship between sleep duration and mortality risk, cautioning against assuming causation from observational studies. The discussion explores the complexities of studying sleep across different age groups and the challenges in researching its long-term effects on health outcomes.