I have just been reading an article at home the other day. The article
"Smartphones, Tablets Sabotaging Teens' Sleep" was published in HealthDay
News on October 20th, 2017. The article talks about the reason why teens sleep
less than they used to. I thought you might be interested in this article because,
it can also affect you. Let me give you some information about this
article.
Basically what the article says is that a recent study, which was published on October, 16th
in the journal Sleep Medicine, found out that the more time teens spent online,
the less sleep they got. In the article the author tells us, why it is like
that.
The author mentions that the light form electronic devices can disrupt
the body’s sleep-wake cycle. Smartphones, tablet and laptops are often an
essential part of our life, but anyway everybody, young and old alike, should
pay attention to limit the use of electronic devices to two hours per day. People
who are online for more than 5 hours per day, could get about 50 percent less
sleep than people who limit their daily online time to one hour.
It is also said that it is important that teens need about 9 hours sleep
a night to be engaged and productive during the day. It can cause daytime
sleepiness, when teenagers sleep less than 9 hours a night. But enough
sleep isn’t only important for teenagers, it is also important for adults. Sleep
is important for our physical and mental health, so make sure not to use
screen devices right before you go to bed.
What shocked me was that in 2015 teens slept about nearly 50 percent less
than in 1991. The reason that teens’ sleep began to shorten is that the
majority started using smartphones.
In my mind we should learn from that article to be more careful with electronic
devices, because it can affect our health.
I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.
See you soon,
Sabrina
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