At one high school, students who boarded had a consistent lights-out time and no phone access in bed, with these students getting almost 5 hours of extra sleep a week compared with the students who only attended school during the day
Health 29 November 2022
By Alice Klein
Teenagers may get more sleep if they keep their phone away from their bed at night
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Adolescents could get almost 5 extra hours of sleep per week if they have a consistent lights-out time and no phone access in bed, according to a study that analysed boarding school students who followed these rules.
“It’s a naturalistic experiment showing that the secret to good sleep in teenagers is quite simple: a regular routine and no mobile devices at night,” says Kurt Lushington at the University of South Australia.
Lushington and his …