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Article: Watching television before bedtime may contribute to chronic sleep debt.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- June 8, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Watching television before bedtime may contribute to chronic sleep debt, according to a new study.
For the study, researchers included data from 21,475 people aged 15 or older who completed the American Time Use Survey between the years 2003 and 2006.
They studied the activities participants undertook two hours before and after bed time.
The authors found that television viewing was by far and away the dominant pre-sleep activity, accounting for almost 50 percent of pre-bed time.
Study authors Mathias Basner, MD, MS, MSc, and David F. Dinges, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania School ...