Most Americans hit the snooze button every morning — here’s why it could be bad for your health

By Melissa Rudy, May 22, 2025

Alex Dimitriu, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist and sleep medicine doctor and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in California, agreed that hitting the snooze button is disruptive to one’s rest. “Snoozing feels good, but effectively results in less sleep,” Dimitriu, who also did not participate in the research, told Fox News Digital. “Snoozing specifically impacts REM sleep or dream sleep, which happens most in the morning hours.”

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