Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

How people wake up is associated with previous night’s sleep together with physical activity and food intake

  • Raphael Vallat,
  • Sarah E. Berry,
  • Neli Tsereteli,
  • Joan Capdevila,
  • Haya Al Khatib,
  • Ana M. Valdes,
  • Linda M. Delahanty,
  • David A. Drew,
  • Andrew T. Chan,
  • Jonathan Wolf,
  • Paul W. Franks,
  • Tim D. Spector,
  • Matthew P. Walker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34503-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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In a prospective longitudinal study of 833 adults, we demonstrate that how you wake up and regain alertness in the hours after sleep is weakly associated with your genes. Instead, the modifiable factors of how you are sleeping, eating and exercising influence your return to full alertness, free of sleepiness.