Exercise boosts quality of sleep in teens
Exercising for more than usual may lead to improved quality and duration of sleep at night, according to a study.
The study found that getting more exercise than normal- or being more sedentary than usual- for one day, may be enough to affect sleep later that night.
It found that for every extra hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity, the teens fell asleep 18 minutes earlier, slept 10 minutes longer and had about 1% greater sleep maintenance efficiency that night.
Adolescence is a critical period to obtain adequate sleep , as sleep can affect cognitive and classroom performance, stress and eating behaviours, said a researcher.
The research suggests that encouraging adolescents to spend more time exercising during the day may help their sleep health later that night, he said.
In contrast, the researchers also found that being sedentary more during the day was associated with worse sleep health.
When participants were sedentary for minutes during the day, they fell asleep and woke up later but slept for a shorter amount of time overall.
You can think of these relationships between physical activity and sleep almost like a teeter totter, said a Prof.
When you're getting more steps, essentially your sleep begins earlier, expands in duration and is more efficient.Whereas if you're spending more time sedentary, it's like sitting on your sleep health- sleep length and quality goes down.
While previous research suggests that adolescents need 8-10 hours of sleep at night, recent estimates suggest that as many as 73% of adolescents are getting less than 8 hours of sleep.
Previous research also found that people who are generally more physically active tend to sleep longer and have better quality of sleep.
However, the researchers, said less has been known about whether day-to-day changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour affected sleep length and quality.
They used data from 417 families from across 20 states in U.S.
When participants were 15 years old, they wore accelerometers on their wrists and hips to measure sleep and physical activity for 1 week.
One of the strength of this study, was using devices to get precise measurements about sleep and activity instead of asking participants about their own behaviour, which can sometimes be skewed, he said.
The hip device measured activity during the day, and the wrist device measured what time the participants fell asleep and woke up and also how efficiency they slept, which means how often they're sleeping versus tossing and turning , the researcher said.
In addition to finding links between how physical activity affects sleep later that night, the researchers also found connections between sleep and activity the following day.
They found that when the participants slept longer and woke up later, they engaged in less moderate -to- vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour the next day.
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The study found that getting more exercise than normal- or being more sedentary than usual- for one day, may be enough to affect sleep later that night.
It found that for every extra hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity, the teens fell asleep 18 minutes earlier, slept 10 minutes longer and had about 1% greater sleep maintenance efficiency that night.
Adolescence is a critical period to obtain adequate sleep , as sleep can affect cognitive and classroom performance, stress and eating behaviours, said a researcher.
The research suggests that encouraging adolescents to spend more time exercising during the day may help their sleep health later that night, he said.
In contrast, the researchers also found that being sedentary more during the day was associated with worse sleep health.
When participants were sedentary for minutes during the day, they fell asleep and woke up later but slept for a shorter amount of time overall.
You can think of these relationships between physical activity and sleep almost like a teeter totter, said a Prof.
When you're getting more steps, essentially your sleep begins earlier, expands in duration and is more efficient.Whereas if you're spending more time sedentary, it's like sitting on your sleep health- sleep length and quality goes down.
While previous research suggests that adolescents need 8-10 hours of sleep at night, recent estimates suggest that as many as 73% of adolescents are getting less than 8 hours of sleep.
Previous research also found that people who are generally more physically active tend to sleep longer and have better quality of sleep.
However, the researchers, said less has been known about whether day-to-day changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour affected sleep length and quality.
They used data from 417 families from across 20 states in U.S.
When participants were 15 years old, they wore accelerometers on their wrists and hips to measure sleep and physical activity for 1 week.
One of the strength of this study, was using devices to get precise measurements about sleep and activity instead of asking participants about their own behaviour, which can sometimes be skewed, he said.
The hip device measured activity during the day, and the wrist device measured what time the participants fell asleep and woke up and also how efficiency they slept, which means how often they're sleeping versus tossing and turning , the researcher said.
In addition to finding links between how physical activity affects sleep later that night, the researchers also found connections between sleep and activity the following day.
They found that when the participants slept longer and woke up later, they engaged in less moderate -to- vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour the next day.
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Exercising for more
than usual may lead to improved quality and duration of sleep at night,
according to a study on teenagers published Wednesday.
The study in Scientific Reports journal found that getting more exercise
than normal – or being more sedentary than usual – for one day may be
enough to affect sleep later that night.
It found that for every extra hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical
activity, the teens fell asleep 18 minutes earlier, slept 10 minutes
longer and had about one per cent greater sleep maintenance efficiency
that night.
http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/exercise-boosts-quality-of-sleep-in-teens-354386Exercising
http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/exercise-boosts-quality-of-sleep-in-teens-354386Exercising
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