63 per cent of us don’t get enough sleep and 47 per cent cut down on their sleep so they can squeeze more out of their day and one-third of people are getting less sleep than they got 5 years ago.
That message delivered at the Regional Hospital by Dr. Kimberly Cote, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Brock University in Ontario.
Dr. Cote says adolescents need 9 hours of sleep a night and most are not getting that much and they can’t catch up on the weekends.
She adds sleep deprivation impairs your mood, alertness, response time, attention and memory which should be of concern to employers because it adversely affects the bottom line as well as making accidents and mistakes more likely.
Dr. Cote also says those people who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to gain weight.
