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Middle-aged people ‘need sleep to see mental health benefits of exercise’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Researchers find physically active short sleepers in their 50s and 60s suffer cognitive decline as fast as those who do less exercise

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Middle-aged people not getting enough sleep are less likely to see the benefits of exercise when it comes to protecting against a decline in skills such as memory and thinking, scientists have said.

Why are these people not getting enough sleep? Why do they not have enough time to exercise?

I am not doubting the results of the research, but we all know that most people have an ever decreasing amount of free time. Burdening people with an ever increasing list of things they "should" do and make appeals to "personal responsibility" achieves nothing, if the systemic issues of capitalist societies forces people to make tough choices when they are alloting their very limited time.