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Researchers discovered through analyzing data that individuals who engage in lengthy siestas tend to have higher body mass indexes and a greater likelihood of having metabolic syndrome compared to those who do not take siestas. It is a common practice in some countries to take a midday nap, known
Anew study found that people taking long siestas had higher body mass indexes and were more likely to have metabolic syndrome than those who did not take siestas.
E-Mail BOSTON - How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their genes, according to new research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in Nature Communications. In this study, the largest of its kind ever conducted, the MGH team collaborated with colleagues at the University of Murcia in Spain and several other institutions to identify dozens of gene regions that govern the tendency to take naps during the day. They also uncovered preliminary evidence linking napping habits to cardiometabolic health. "Napping is somewhat c...