Sleep : Technology Disrupting Sleep
Does your teenager spend time tweeting, texting or browsing the Internet just before bed? While it’s a common trend, this constant technology could be harming your teen’s health. Even though teens need eight to nine hours of sleep a night, research shows that one in five teens is not getting enough sleep. More than a third of teens polled in one study say they fall asleep in school, on average, at least twice a day, and half reported driving while sleepy. Technology seems to be the culprit in keeping teens awake at night. According to one study, teens spending more time on cell phones, computers or watching tv in their bedrooms had more trouble thinking and reasoning. Other studies link lack of sleep in adolescents to obesity, diabetes, allergies and asthma and depression.
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