i know why i've been like this now its all to do with junk sleep:
Dubai: Too many electronic gadgets in the bedroom lead to a host of health and social problems for teenagers, health specialists warn, even as some parents and teenagers choose to take light of the warning.
UAE health experts warn that gadgets, such as television, computers and musical devices, in the bedroom distract teenagers from getting enough sleep, backed up by a UK survey on 1,000 teenagers.
The survey found that a third of the 12 to 16-year-olds slept between four to seven hours a night, suffering from 'junk sleep'.
The average recommended sleep time for teenagers and adults is seven to eight hours, according to Dr Maxwell Kayed, clinical neurophysiologist who specialises in sleep disorders at British Medical Consulting Centre.
"The amount of sleep depends on the person, but most people need eight hours," he said.
"(But) I think lots of kids are sleep-deprived. When they come in with headaches to our clinic, parents bring up the point that they are staying up late, surfing the internet and playing games," he said.
He told
Gulf News that sleep was very important for teenagers because it consolidated their memories and helped them organise their thoughts. It also refreshes their mind.
If a teenager is deprived of sleep, he or she becomes drowsy during the day, making them less attentive and unable to concentrate in class, which in turn will affect their studies.
Dr Kayed laid the blame of junk sleep mainly at parents' door, saying that they did not view the issue seriously enough and disregarded the effect of electronic gadgets on their teenagers' sleeping habits.
"They treat it as a secondary problem, rather than a primary problem. Nowadays, parents work and as long their kids are in their bedroom then they are not bothered what the kids do in it," he said.
Professor Dr Suad Al Marzouqi, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of psychology at UAE University, told Gulf News that sleep-deprivation and electronic gadgets in the bedroom could both affect the development of teenagers' social skills.
"(The gadgets) make children more withdrawn and lonely because they are used to playing on their own," she said.
"And sleep deprivation affects their behaviour. They become easily angry, and can lead to depression and anxiety. It has become a serious problem," she said.
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