Functional Drunk
Failing to get enough sleep can leave a person ‘functionally drunk’, in a matter of days, experts today warned.
They note sleep is much more important than many people realise.
Even if a person achieves six hours a night, they are building up a sleep debt, Olivia Walch from the University of Michigan said.
Her warnings come as a new study, co-authored by Ms. Walch, reveal the sleep patterns of people across the world.
The findings show middle-aged men are the most likely to be sleep deprived, often failing to get the recommended seven to eight hours shut eye.
It allowed them to gather robust sleep data from thousands of people across 100 countries.
The researchers examined how age, gender, the amount of light and home country affect the number of hours sleep people around the globe get each night.
They also looked at when people went to bed, and when their alarms go off in the morning.
Researchers found that cultural pressures can override natural circadian rhythms, with the effects being most markedly seen at bedtime.
While morning responsibilities, such as work, children, and school, play a role in a person’s wake-time, the researchers said they are not the only factors.
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