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This Friday is International Sleep Day. An event which comes at a time when the French are sleeping less and less. This is what the result of an OpinionWay survey for the National Institute of Sleep and Vigilance indicates. In just one year, the sleep duration of the French has decreased considerably.
The French’s nights are not good. They sleep a quarter of an hour less than last year, with a night lasting 6 hours 42 minutes. That’s almost half an hour less than 10 years ago. Bedtimes are getting later and later with an average bedtime of 11:06 p.m. It then takes 37 minutes to fall into the arms of Morpheus. Worse, 18-24 year olds fall asleep after 53 minutes. One of the main causes of these short nights: screens.
“The screens are enriched with blue light which prevents the secretion of melatonin and therefore they will extend the time it takes to fall asleep and this reduces the duration of nighttime sleep”, explains to Europe 1, Marc Rey, neurologist, and president of the National Institute of Sleep and Vigilance.
Naps to compensate
To compensate for this lack of sleep, more than half of French people take at least one nap per week of an hour on average. A good way to recover, as long as you take a nap before 3 p.m. to avoid disturbing the night.