According to a recent study presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, glowing television screens are the cause for most folks' chronic sleep deprivation.
Researchers looked at the sleep habits and rituals of 21,475 participants for three years. They found that during the two hours prior to bedtime, watching television ranked as the most common activity. This means more people may be staying up longer than normal to finish watching programs and those alarm clocks are waking people out of their slumber earlier than expected. These two scenarios lead to sleep deprivation, decreased alertness and impaired concentration throughout the day.
So be sure to minimize your nightly TV time in order to help you get seven to eight hours of uninterrupted restful sleep. Think carefully too whether you REALLY want to watch "The Walking Dead"!
Researchers looked at the sleep habits and rituals of 21,475 participants for three years. They found that during the two hours prior to bedtime, watching television ranked as the most common activity. This means more people may be staying up longer than normal to finish watching programs and those alarm clocks are waking people out of their slumber earlier than expected. These two scenarios lead to sleep deprivation, decreased alertness and impaired concentration throughout the day.
So be sure to minimize your nightly TV time in order to help you get seven to eight hours of uninterrupted restful sleep. Think carefully too whether you REALLY want to watch "The Walking Dead"!
No comments:
Post a Comment