Daytime napping and weekend lie-ins are typically not enough to compensate for getting less than six hours sleep a night during the week, a study has found. Researchers from France studied the sleep habits of more than 12,000 adults — finding that one-in-three suffered from short sleep and sleep debt during the week. So-called 'sleep debt' of up to 60 minutes was also reported by 28 per cent of those surveyed, while 19 per cent had a sleep debt of up to 90 minutes. Researchers from France studied the sleep habits of more than 12,000 adults — finding that one-in-three suffered from short sleep and sleep debt during weekdays (stock image)'Short sleep, sleep debt and sleep restriction during weekdays affected about one third of adults in our study group,' the researchers wrote. 'Napping and weekend catch-up sleep only compensated for severe sleep debt in one in four subjects.'

Source: Daily Mail June 23, 2020 15:56 UTC