{"id":28693,"date":"2016-12-29T11:56:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T10:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=28693"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:49:45","slug":"china-post-lunch-napping-tied-to-better-cognition-in-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/china-post-lunch-napping-tied-to-better-cognition-in-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Post-lunch napping tied to better cognition in elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moderate post-lunch napping is tied to better cognition in older adults<\/strong>, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.14368\/full\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of the American Geriatrics Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives were<strong> to examine the cross-sectional associations between self-reported postlunch napping and structured cognitive assessments<\/strong> in <a title=\"China : the disturbing trend of elderly suicide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/china-the-disturbing-trend-of-elderly-suicide\/\">Chinese older adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28694 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Napping-in-China-Elderly-people.jpg\" alt=\"Post-lunch napping tied to better cognition in elderly in China\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Napping-in-China-Elderly-people.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Napping-in-China-Elderly-people-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Napping-in-China-Elderly-people-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Napping-in-China-Elderly-people-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>A significant association between cognitive function and napping<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Junxin Li, Ph.D<\/strong>., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and his team\u00a0<strong>examined associations between self-reported post-lunch napping and cognitive assessments in older Chinese adults<\/strong> (\u226565 years).<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that <strong>57.7 percent of participants reported napping<\/strong>. There was a significant association between cognitive function and napping. Moderate nappers had better overall cognition than non-nappers or extended nappers. Non-nappers also had significantly poorer cognition compared to short nappers (P = 0.03).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/painting-drawing-or-sculpting-could-prevent-dementia\/\"><em>Read more: Painting, drawing or sculpting could prevent dementia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Moderate napping was significantly associated with better cognition<\/h2>\n<p>After controlling for demographic characteristics, body mass index, depression, instrumental activities of daily living, social activities, and nighttime sleep duration, <strong>moderate napping was significantly associated with better cognition than non, short, and extended napping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Longitudinal studies with objective napping measures are needed to further test this hypothesis,&#8221;<\/em> the authors write.<\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>medicalxpress.com<\/em><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate post-lunch napping is tied to better cognition in older adults, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics 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