Dr. Christiana Calamaro and her colleagues at Drexel College of Nursingstudied 100 middle and high school students ages 12 to 18, asking them about their intake of caffeinated drinks, use of technology, and the numbers of hours they sleep at night.
- The researchers found that teenagers who used various electronic media late into the night and drank a variety of caffeinated beverages were more likely to fall asleep at school.
- Caffeine consumption was 76 percent higher among those who fell asleep at school.
- Teenagers who got the recommended eight to 10 hours of sleep a night tended to spend fewer hours on any one of nine electronic activities such as watching television, watching DVDs and using the Internet.
Labels: technology, sleep_deprivation, caffeine
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