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Is the siesta an adaptation to disease?

A cross-cultural examination

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Why does the practice of the siesta vary across human cultures? One explanation is that it is a form of energy conservation in environments with high temperatures and/or agricultural labor. Disease palliation and prevention represents another area where the siesta might be beneficial. A preliminary study used the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) to examine the characteristics associated with siesta occurrence. Siestas were not statistically associated with high temperatures or agricultural labor (p>.05). They were, however, statistically associated with the occurrence of malaria (p<.05) and marginally associated with parasitic and chronic infectious disease. Preliminary results suggest that siestas could be adaptive in environments with chronic infectious disease.

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T. Lynne Barone is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received her Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from Case Western Reserve University. Her research interests include the biocultural examination of sleep, stress, and chronic disease, and the use of alternative medicines in the United States.

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