Weekend ‘Jet Lag’ Affects School Performance
July 8, 2007
According to a study presented at the American Professional Sleep Society’s annual meeting, children and teenagers who sleep in on the weekends may be hurting their scholastic performance. An article in the Poughkeepsie Journal discusses the study’s findings, which suggest that by sleeping in on weekends, kids are basically subjecting themselves to the effects of jet lag. When Monday rolls around and it’s time to go back to school, the kids feel tired and groggy and their performance suffers as a result. The whole problem is compounded by the fact that many of these kids are not getting enough sleep during the week, and they are trying tomak up for it by getting extra sleep over the weekend.
Entry Filed under: Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep, Oversleeping, Sleeping Patterns, Tardiness. .
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PInny Cohen | October 1, 2007 at 8:01 am
There are some basic steps one can take to get a good night’s rest that I outline in this article about sleep:
Manage Your Sleep
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Sam | March 19, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi,
Jet lag always linked to frequent time zone traveler are more difficult to treat. Their homeostatic rhythms are constantly out of whack. But there are solutions effective strategies for the occasional time zone traveler.
Here are some simple tips to treat jet lag. Hope these articles will provide more informations on jet lag to your reader.
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