Move clocks forward an hour before bed on Saturday, March 12, 2011!
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Daylight Saving Time
Mar
11
2011
Time to spring forward & lose an hour of sleep
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Mar
7
2011
Technology is creating sleepy Americans
A poll released today finds pervasive use of communications technology in the hour before bed. It also finds a large number of Americans aren’t getting the sleep they need and search for ways to cope.
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Most Americans welcome the switch to daylight saving time each March, mostly because of the longer days, but they also dread losing an hour of sleep after they move their clocks ahead one hour. A new study shows that losing just an hour of sleep could pose some dangerous consequences for those in hazardous work environments.
The study’s findings are published in the September, 2009 issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology, which is published by the American Psychological Association.
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Awake In America is joining forces with hundreds of organizations and the National Sleep Foundation to mark National Sleep Awareness Week 2009, which runs from March 2 through March 8.
Awake In America will be focusing additional energies this week to help focus the need for health insurance coverage sleep disorders, increase awareness about the importance of sufficient sleep, the dangers of undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders, and the consequences of sleep deprivation on a personal and societal level. These extra efforts will be done through email, one-on-one calls, as well as through printed materials the organization has mailed in the weeks leading up to National Sleep Awareness Week 2009.
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When the U.S. Congress decided to change the start of Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 2005, that one decision brought about a lot of headaches to the world, including for computer manufacturers. The biggest headache, though, will be for people, especially for those who have calendars that were printed in bulk two or three years ago, shipped to a warehouse, and then distributed. This year clocks in most of the United States are moved ahead at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8.
According to Jodi Mindell, PhD, a nationally recognized expert in pediatric sleep, “It’s not uncommon for children to experience sleep disruptions with the return of Daylight Saving Time.”
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This weekend, millions of Americans will roll their clocks back one hour for the annual ritual of returning to Standard Time. As those Americans move their clocks back an hour, they will have the chance to wake up the morning of Sunday, November 2, 2008, having gotten an extra hour of sleep by “gaining” the extra hour.
The question that remains is: Will Americans use that extra hour to catch up on their sleep?
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About 10 percent of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep every day in the past month, according to a new four-state study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Mar
1
2008
On your mark, get set … Sleep!
Most people in society look at those who try to get proper, healthy sleep, and give a bit of sage advice, telling those people to stay busy, get active, do just one more thing. Don’t listen to those people. They’ve got things all wrong.
At this time of the year, the week leading up to Daytime Saving Time, that annual Spring ritual of moving clocks ahead one hour, Awake In America is going to go against the grain and suggest — and help you — get more sleep, and hopefully, at the same time, better sleep.
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