Healthy sleep habits have a positive effect on health. Most of us don’t put it into practice even though we know it. Thanks to the rise of tools designed to monitor this feature, we also include, of course, the Apple Watch Sleep Mode. define more precisely the transformations of this routine that we take for granted.

According to the results of a recent report from the Apple Heart and Movement Study compiled by the Apple Watch, most people don’t get enough sleep each night. Research published this month by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Sleep data collected from over 42,000 Apple Watch users.

Sleeping between 7 and 9 hours feels like too much

Data from 42,000 users showed: only 31% of these people sleep at least seven hours a nightThis is the minimum recommended for healthy adults. According to the American Heart Association, it is recommended to sleep between seven and nine, thereby reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, dementia, diabetes, among others.

According to the Apple Heart and Movement Study, most sleep less than 7 hours at a time.

A deeper analysis offered details to consider:

• Through Monday to Friday, 66.4% of people sleep before midnighthowever, this figure drops to 56.6% on weekends.
• For participants who shared at least 10 nights of sleep data (42,455 total participants), The average sleep time per person was 6 hours 27 minutes.
• Despite differences at the state level (in the United States), less than 40% of all state residents met the American Heart Association recommended sleep time.

researchers collected their data through the Apple Heart and Movement Study. This work First announced by Apple in 2019 and that’s just Available to device users in the United States18 years or older using the Apple Health app or Apple Research app on your iPhone.

But we, who are not part of the work, are also we can have an overview of our habits Configuring options available on both iPhone and Apple Watch. Starting with iOS 16 and watchOS 9, Apple has improved sleep capabilities on both devices, adding more information and data for continuous and accurate sleep tracking.