Kenyan Business Feed
No Result
View All Result
Monday, June 27, 2022
Subscribe
  • Home
  • News
    CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

    CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

    Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

    Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

    Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

    Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

    Uhuru Praises World Rally Championship for positive impact

    Uhuru Praises World Rally Championship for positive impact

    Politician on EACC Radar for Swindling MCA’s Ksh14 Million

    Politician on EACC Radar for Swindling MCA’s Ksh14 Million

    Stockholm+50: Kenya calls for accelerated actions to avert environmental crisis

    Kenya to co-host UN Ocean conference in Portugal

    Nairobi’s Central Land Registry Set to go Live on ArdhiSasa

    Nairobi’s Central Land Registry Set to go Live on ArdhiSasa

    Asante EPZ Limited Fined For Illegal Merger By CAK

    Mobile phone subscribers decline by over 200,000 – CA Data

    Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

    Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

  • Markets
    DCI arrests COVID-19 scammers

    Mobile Loan: Telkom Kenya set to launch M-shwari competitor

    Emirates Takes Triple Gold For The Third Year In a Row For Safety

    Emirates Takes Triple Gold For The Third Year In a Row For Safety

    IBL Group acquires Amethis stake in Naivas International

    IBL Group acquires Amethis stake in Naivas International

    Revealed: The number of Kenyans with over Sh100 million in their account

    The raging debate on Twitter over the lack of US dollar in Kenya and the downplaying of the issue by the Central Bank of Kenya

    Agricultural subsidies unfair – Kenya tells WTO

    Agricultural subsidies unfair – Kenya tells WTO

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    Bad News for Kenyans As Fuel Prices Increase By Sh 9

    Bad News for Kenyans As Fuel Prices Increase By Sh 9

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

  • Real Estate
    National Construction Authority Suspends Licences of 18 Contractors

    National Construction Authority Suspends Licences of 18 Contractors

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    NEMA Re-Introduces Another Tax for Developers

    NEMA Re-Introduces Another Tax for Developers

    Centum Digitalizes Real Estate Sector

    Centum Digitalizes Real Estate Sector

    Superior Homes Launches Reward Program for Investors

    Superior Homes Launches Reward Program for Investors

    Report: High Demand for Luxury Houses in Nairobi Fueling  Increase in Prices

    Report: High Demand for Luxury Houses in Nairobi Fueling Increase in Prices

    Regional property summit kicks off in Nairobi

    Regional property summit kicks off in Nairobi

    Five Reasons Why Real Estate Increases in Value

    Five Reasons Why Real Estate Increases in Value

    Optiven Foundation Launches TVET Sponsorship Program

    Optiven Foundation Launches TVET Sponsorship Program

  • Tech
    DCI arrests COVID-19 scammers

    Mobile Loan: Telkom Kenya set to launch M-shwari competitor

    Tecno Kenya Announces Launch Of Camon 19 Series & Spark 9 Series

    Tecno Kenya Announces Launch Of Camon 19 Series & Spark 9 Series

    Nairobi Women to start offering online outpatient services

    mTek Secures Sh340m to Accelerate Paperless Insurance in Kenya

    This is the New Way to Share Your Data Bundles , Minutes, Voice and SMSs

    This is the New Way to Share Your Data Bundles , Minutes, Voice and SMSs

    Merchants Challenged to Integrate Payment Gateways to Prevent Online Payment Fraud

    Merchants Challenged to Integrate Payment Gateways to Prevent Online Payment Fraud

    Samsung Introduces Its 2022 Lineup of Appliances to Dealers

    Fathers Day Deals: Samsung Honors Fathers With Great Discounts

    Samsung Showcases its Premium Consumer Electronics Range

    Samsung Showcases its Premium Consumer Electronics Range

    OPPO Launches its Flagship Device Find X5 in Kenya to Retail for Sh100,000

    OPPO Launches its Flagship Device Find X5 in Kenya to Retail for Sh100,000

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

  • World Business
    Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

    Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

    Cold comfort awaits a springtime Davos

    Cold comfort awaits a springtime Davos

    Meet The Richest Man Who Can Fund Kenya’s Budget Alone for 10years

    Meet The Richest Man Who Can Fund Kenya’s Budget Alone for 10years

    EA Sports End 29 Years of Video Game Partnership With FIFA

    EA Sports End 29 Years of Video Game Partnership With FIFA

    Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as an Official Currency

    Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as an Official Currency

    Netflix Stock Collapses After Losing 200,000 Subscribers

    Netflix Stock Collapses After Losing 200,000 Subscribers

    Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an ‘existential threat’

    Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an ‘existential threat’

    How new regulations are shaking up the world’s fastest sport

    How new regulations are shaking up the world’s fastest sport

    President Uhuru Urges International Community to Lift Sanctions on Zimbabwe

    President Uhuru Urges International Community to Lift Sanctions on Zimbabwe

  • KBF
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking
    • Insurance
    • Manufacturing
    • Opinion
    NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

    NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

    Johan ICT Kenya launched to offer data protection for firms

    Johan ICT Kenya launched to offer data protection for firms

    Winfall For Tea Farmers as Bonus Set to Increase

    Winfall For Tea Farmers as Bonus Set to Increase

    St John Ambulance Seeking Sh12 million to Train Bodaboda Operators

    St John Ambulance Seeking Sh12 million to Train Bodaboda Operators

    Samsung Introduces Its 2022 Lineup of Appliances to Dealers

    Fathers Day Deals: Samsung Honors Fathers With Great Discounts

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Kenya set to host first ever transport awards

    Kenya set to host first ever transport awards

    Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

    Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    • Agribusiness
    • Banking
      NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

      NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

      Procedure for funding your Metropolitan National Sacco account through MPESA

      Procedure for funding your Metropolitan National Sacco account through MPESA

      KCB Group Shareholders Approve Sh9.64B in Dividend Payout

      KCB Group Shareholders Approve Sh9.64B in Dividend Payout

      DIB Bank Opens Its 6th Branch

      DIB Bank Opens Its 6th Branch

      10 Kenyan SACCOs you should consider investing in for high returns

      How’s your savings so far this year?

      Bank of Kigali Profits Rise to Sh1.8 Billion

      Bank of Kigali Profits Rise to Sh1.8 Billion

      KCB Sustainability Efforts Win Global Award

      Russo Replaces Joshua Oigara as KCB CEO

      Absa Earns Global Recognition for its energy and water efficiency investments

      Absa Earns Global Recognition for its energy and water efficiency investments

      LAW: Sacco members will soon use household goods as security for loans

      10 SACCOs in Kenya you should consider investing in for high returns

    • Insurance
      Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

      Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

      How Rot in The Insurance Sector is Exposing Kenyans to Lose Funds

      How Rot in The Insurance Sector is Exposing Kenyans to Lose Funds

      APA Life Assurance Partners With Craydel To Financially Empower Students

      APA Life Assurance Partners With Craydel To Financially Empower Students

      Kenya Orient Life Assurance Bags ‘Pension Marketing Campaign of The Year’ Award

      Kenya Orient Life Assurance Bags ‘Pension Marketing Campaign of The Year’ Award

      Jubilee Acquires Additional Stake in SEACOM

      Jubilee Acquires Additional Stake in SEACOM

      Over 1000 Women Benefit From Absa, KNCCI Financial Training

      Over 1000 Women Benefit From Absa, KNCCI Financial Training

      Family Bank is The Best in Customer Satisfaction-Survey

      Family Bank is The Best in Customer Satisfaction-Survey

      New Platform to Help Kenyans Save From as Little as Ksh5 bob

      New Platform to Help Kenyans Save From as Little as Ksh5 bob

      Stanbic Bank Ink Deal To Champion Women Empowerment Iniatives

      Stanbic Bank Ink Deal To Champion Women Empowerment Iniatives

    • Manufacturing
    • Opinion
      Opinion: Deploying contemporary Information Technology solutions for Academic Delivery

      Opinion: Deploying contemporary Information Technology solutions for Academic Delivery

      How COVID-19 Impacted the Adoption of Digital Health Technology

      How COVID-19 Impacted the Adoption of Digital Health Technology

      Why Kenyan economy is headed Pakistan direction

      Why Kenyan Economy is headed Pakistan direction

      Opinion: Create favorable conditions for increased value add in manufacturing

      Opinion: Recovery, growth key to creation of jobs in industries

      Lifestyle innovation is making home-life healthier for families

      Lifestyle innovation is making home-life healthier for families

      Car Loans Offering Convenient Mobility To Middle And Low-Income Families

      Car Loans Offering Convenient Mobility To Middle And Low-Income Families

      OPINION: Africa’s War to Secure the Internet  

      OPINION: Africa’s War to Secure the Internet  

      Prioritize long-term energy cost reduction for sustained industry growth

      Prioritize long-term energy cost reduction for sustained industry growth

      Opinion: Setting a New Standard for Smartphones in Our Changing World

      Opinion: Setting a New Standard for Smartphones in Our Changing World

Kenyan Business Feed
  • Home
  • News
    CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

    CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

    Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

    Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

    Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

    Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

    Uhuru Praises World Rally Championship for positive impact

    Uhuru Praises World Rally Championship for positive impact

    Politician on EACC Radar for Swindling MCA’s Ksh14 Million

    Politician on EACC Radar for Swindling MCA’s Ksh14 Million

    Stockholm+50: Kenya calls for accelerated actions to avert environmental crisis

    Kenya to co-host UN Ocean conference in Portugal

    Nairobi’s Central Land Registry Set to go Live on ArdhiSasa

    Nairobi’s Central Land Registry Set to go Live on ArdhiSasa

    Asante EPZ Limited Fined For Illegal Merger By CAK

    Mobile phone subscribers decline by over 200,000 – CA Data

    Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

    Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

  • Markets
    DCI arrests COVID-19 scammers

    Mobile Loan: Telkom Kenya set to launch M-shwari competitor

    Emirates Takes Triple Gold For The Third Year In a Row For Safety

    Emirates Takes Triple Gold For The Third Year In a Row For Safety

    IBL Group acquires Amethis stake in Naivas International

    IBL Group acquires Amethis stake in Naivas International

    Revealed: The number of Kenyans with over Sh100 million in their account

    The raging debate on Twitter over the lack of US dollar in Kenya and the downplaying of the issue by the Central Bank of Kenya

    Agricultural subsidies unfair – Kenya tells WTO

    Agricultural subsidies unfair – Kenya tells WTO

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    Bad News for Kenyans As Fuel Prices Increase By Sh 9

    Bad News for Kenyans As Fuel Prices Increase By Sh 9

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

  • Real Estate
    National Construction Authority Suspends Licences of 18 Contractors

    National Construction Authority Suspends Licences of 18 Contractors

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    CCI Global, Gateway Real Estate Africa start Construction of new Contact Centre in Kenya

    NEMA Re-Introduces Another Tax for Developers

    NEMA Re-Introduces Another Tax for Developers

    Centum Digitalizes Real Estate Sector

    Centum Digitalizes Real Estate Sector

    Superior Homes Launches Reward Program for Investors

    Superior Homes Launches Reward Program for Investors

    Report: High Demand for Luxury Houses in Nairobi Fueling  Increase in Prices

    Report: High Demand for Luxury Houses in Nairobi Fueling Increase in Prices

    Regional property summit kicks off in Nairobi

    Regional property summit kicks off in Nairobi

    Five Reasons Why Real Estate Increases in Value

    Five Reasons Why Real Estate Increases in Value

    Optiven Foundation Launches TVET Sponsorship Program

    Optiven Foundation Launches TVET Sponsorship Program

  • Tech
    DCI arrests COVID-19 scammers

    Mobile Loan: Telkom Kenya set to launch M-shwari competitor

    Tecno Kenya Announces Launch Of Camon 19 Series & Spark 9 Series

    Tecno Kenya Announces Launch Of Camon 19 Series & Spark 9 Series

    Nairobi Women to start offering online outpatient services

    mTek Secures Sh340m to Accelerate Paperless Insurance in Kenya

    This is the New Way to Share Your Data Bundles , Minutes, Voice and SMSs

    This is the New Way to Share Your Data Bundles , Minutes, Voice and SMSs

    Merchants Challenged to Integrate Payment Gateways to Prevent Online Payment Fraud

    Merchants Challenged to Integrate Payment Gateways to Prevent Online Payment Fraud

    Samsung Introduces Its 2022 Lineup of Appliances to Dealers

    Fathers Day Deals: Samsung Honors Fathers With Great Discounts

    Samsung Showcases its Premium Consumer Electronics Range

    Samsung Showcases its Premium Consumer Electronics Range

    OPPO Launches its Flagship Device Find X5 in Kenya to Retail for Sh100,000

    OPPO Launches its Flagship Device Find X5 in Kenya to Retail for Sh100,000

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

  • World Business
    Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

    Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

    Cold comfort awaits a springtime Davos

    Cold comfort awaits a springtime Davos

    Meet The Richest Man Who Can Fund Kenya’s Budget Alone for 10years

    Meet The Richest Man Who Can Fund Kenya’s Budget Alone for 10years

    EA Sports End 29 Years of Video Game Partnership With FIFA

    EA Sports End 29 Years of Video Game Partnership With FIFA

    Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as an Official Currency

    Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as an Official Currency

    Netflix Stock Collapses After Losing 200,000 Subscribers

    Netflix Stock Collapses After Losing 200,000 Subscribers

    Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an ‘existential threat’

    Putin spokesman refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons if Russia faced an ‘existential threat’

    How new regulations are shaking up the world’s fastest sport

    How new regulations are shaking up the world’s fastest sport

    President Uhuru Urges International Community to Lift Sanctions on Zimbabwe

    President Uhuru Urges International Community to Lift Sanctions on Zimbabwe

  • KBF
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking
    • Insurance
    • Manufacturing
    • Opinion
    NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

    NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

    Johan ICT Kenya launched to offer data protection for firms

    Johan ICT Kenya launched to offer data protection for firms

    Winfall For Tea Farmers as Bonus Set to Increase

    Winfall For Tea Farmers as Bonus Set to Increase

    St John Ambulance Seeking Sh12 million to Train Bodaboda Operators

    St John Ambulance Seeking Sh12 million to Train Bodaboda Operators

    Samsung Introduces Its 2022 Lineup of Appliances to Dealers

    Fathers Day Deals: Samsung Honors Fathers With Great Discounts

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Criminal Syndicate Defrauding Kenyan Accounts and Buying Bitcoins Thwarted

    Kenya set to host first ever transport awards

    Kenya set to host first ever transport awards

    Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

    Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    Jambojet and Cellulant Partner on Loyalty Customer Rewards

    • Agribusiness
    • Banking
      NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

      NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

      Procedure for funding your Metropolitan National Sacco account through MPESA

      Procedure for funding your Metropolitan National Sacco account through MPESA

      KCB Group Shareholders Approve Sh9.64B in Dividend Payout

      KCB Group Shareholders Approve Sh9.64B in Dividend Payout

      DIB Bank Opens Its 6th Branch

      DIB Bank Opens Its 6th Branch

      10 Kenyan SACCOs you should consider investing in for high returns

      How’s your savings so far this year?

      Bank of Kigali Profits Rise to Sh1.8 Billion

      Bank of Kigali Profits Rise to Sh1.8 Billion

      KCB Sustainability Efforts Win Global Award

      Russo Replaces Joshua Oigara as KCB CEO

      Absa Earns Global Recognition for its energy and water efficiency investments

      Absa Earns Global Recognition for its energy and water efficiency investments

      LAW: Sacco members will soon use household goods as security for loans

      10 SACCOs in Kenya you should consider investing in for high returns

    • Insurance
      Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

      Zamara Feted as the Overall Best Insurance Broker of the Year

      How Rot in The Insurance Sector is Exposing Kenyans to Lose Funds

      How Rot in The Insurance Sector is Exposing Kenyans to Lose Funds

      APA Life Assurance Partners With Craydel To Financially Empower Students

      APA Life Assurance Partners With Craydel To Financially Empower Students

      Kenya Orient Life Assurance Bags ‘Pension Marketing Campaign of The Year’ Award

      Kenya Orient Life Assurance Bags ‘Pension Marketing Campaign of The Year’ Award

      Jubilee Acquires Additional Stake in SEACOM

      Jubilee Acquires Additional Stake in SEACOM

      Over 1000 Women Benefit From Absa, KNCCI Financial Training

      Over 1000 Women Benefit From Absa, KNCCI Financial Training

      Family Bank is The Best in Customer Satisfaction-Survey

      Family Bank is The Best in Customer Satisfaction-Survey

      New Platform to Help Kenyans Save From as Little as Ksh5 bob

      New Platform to Help Kenyans Save From as Little as Ksh5 bob

      Stanbic Bank Ink Deal To Champion Women Empowerment Iniatives

      Stanbic Bank Ink Deal To Champion Women Empowerment Iniatives

    • Manufacturing
    • Opinion
      Opinion: Deploying contemporary Information Technology solutions for Academic Delivery

      Opinion: Deploying contemporary Information Technology solutions for Academic Delivery

      How COVID-19 Impacted the Adoption of Digital Health Technology

      How COVID-19 Impacted the Adoption of Digital Health Technology

      Why Kenyan economy is headed Pakistan direction

      Why Kenyan Economy is headed Pakistan direction

      Opinion: Create favorable conditions for increased value add in manufacturing

      Opinion: Recovery, growth key to creation of jobs in industries

      Lifestyle innovation is making home-life healthier for families

      Lifestyle innovation is making home-life healthier for families

      Car Loans Offering Convenient Mobility To Middle And Low-Income Families

      Car Loans Offering Convenient Mobility To Middle And Low-Income Families

      OPINION: Africa’s War to Secure the Internet  

      OPINION: Africa’s War to Secure the Internet  

      Prioritize long-term energy cost reduction for sustained industry growth

      Prioritize long-term energy cost reduction for sustained industry growth

      Opinion: Setting a New Standard for Smartphones in Our Changing World

      Opinion: Setting a New Standard for Smartphones in Our Changing World

No Result
View All Result
Kenyan Business Feed
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Reduced screen time reverses teenage sleep problems, study shows

by Kenyan Business Feed
June 11, 2019
in News
0
157
SHARES
2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare On Whatsapp
Loading...
Health & Fitness

Reduced screen time reverses teenage sleep problems, study shows

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 19:19


By SARAH OOKO

teen using phone
Health experts recommend that young people should limit the use of electronic devices in the evening. FILE PHOTO | NMG 

Most young people are addicted to electronic gadgets, especially mobile phones and computers, which they use to browse the internet and communicate with their peers.

Aside from broadening their world view and making them tech-savvy, these digital devices are also robbing young people of much needed sleep.

This impedes optimal functioning of the brain and body processes that enhance the health status and wellbeing of individuals.

Affected people are more prone to mental health complications such as depression that are increasingly affecting young people.

They are also at risk of becoming obese and having low immunity, which predisposes them to other health complications.

To address this challenge, health experts recommend that young people should limit the use of electronic devices in the evenings.

According to research presented at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting (ECE 2019), sleep in teenagers can be improved by just one week of limiting their evening exposure to light-emitting screens on phones, tablets and computers.

The study – conducted by the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience, the Amsterdam UMC and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment – indicates that by simply limiting their exposure in the evening, adolescents can improve their sleep quality and reduce symptoms of fatigue, lack of concentration and bad mood after just one week.

Blue light is one of the colours in the light spectrum that can be seen by human eyes.

Display screens of computers, electronic notebooks, smartphones and other digital devices emit significant amounts of blue light that is only a fraction of what the sun gives.

Exposure to blue light emitted from these screens in the evenings is known to affect the brain’s clock and the production of the sleep hormone (melatonin) hence resulting in disrupted sleep time and quality.

Aside from causing immediate symptoms of tiredness and poor concentration, the lack of sleep can also increase the risk of more serious long-term health issues such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Previous studies have shown that sleep deprivation related to screen time might affect children and adolescents more than adults.

Loading...

With this new study, researchers went further to fully investigate how real-life exposure to blue light from screens is affecting sleep in adolescents at home and whether the problem can be reversed.

They found that adolescents with more than four hours of screen time daily complained of more sleep loss symptoms.

In addition, they had an average 30 minutes later sleep onset and wake-up times compared to their peers who were exposed to blue light for only an hour in the evening.

Afterwards, the researchers assessed the effects of blocking blue light with glasses and screen exposure abstinence(banning use of electronic devices) during the evening on the sleep pattern of 25 frequent users.

Both initiatives resulted in sleep onset and wake up times occurring 20 minutes earlier, and a reduction in reported symptoms of sleep loss in previously affected participants, after just one week.

“Adolescents increasingly spend more time on devices with screens and sleep complaints are frequent in this age group. Here, we show very simply that these sleep complaints can be easily reversed by minimising evening screen use or exposure to blue light,” said Dr Dirk Jan Stenvers from the department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Amsterdam UMC.

He noted that based on the study findings, it is likely that adolescent sleep complaints and delayed sleep onset are at least partly mediated by blue light from screens.

“Sleep disturbances start with minor symptoms of tiredness and poor concentration but in the long-term we know that sleep loss is associated with increased risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. If we can introduce simple measures now to tackle this issue, we can avoid greater health problems in years to come,” said Dr Stenvers.

Irrespective of these numerous challenges caused by screen time in the evenings, it is worth noting that not all blue light is bad for people.

It is well documented that some blue light exposure is essential for good health. Research has shown that high-energy visible light boosts alertness, helps memory or cognitive function and elevates mood.

Indeed, a procedure known as light therapy is used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This is a type of depression that is related to changes in seasons. It manifests in periods of dull weather and goes away during summer when sunlight is abundant.


Kenyan Business Feed is the top Kenyan Business Blog. We share news from Kenya and across the region. To contact us with any alert, please email us to [email protected]

Comments

comments

Loading...
Loading...

Popular Articles

  • Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

    Drunk Driving Will Now Cost You Sh100,000 Fine, As Alco-blow Returns

    168 shares
    Share 67 Tweet 42
  • High Court Orders Shut Down of All Sports Streaming Websites

    166 shares
    Share 66 Tweet 42
  • Police boss with checkered history breathes his last

    166 shares
    Share 66 Tweet 42
  • The raging debate on Twitter over the lack of US dollar in Kenya and the downplaying of the issue by the Central Bank of Kenya

    160 shares
    Share 64 Tweet 40
  • Single People More Likely to Be Broke Than The Maried Couples- Report

    159 shares
    Share 64 Tweet 40
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Oil Marketing Companies Warn of Another Impending Fuel Shortage

Oil Marketing Companies Warn of Another Impending Fuel Shortage

June 13, 2022
Naivas Opens its 83rd Store in Kiambu

Prices Unga and Cooking Oil to Increase From Next Week

June 12, 2022
New Changes in Good Conduct Applications That You Should Know

New Changes in Good Conduct Applications That You Should Know

June 12, 2022
Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

Why Mercedes Benz is Recalling Their Old Models

June 4, 2022
CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

CBC Headache: KNUT pushes to have learners use primary schools for Junior Secondary Education

June 27, 2022
Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

Rebecca Miano feted for promoting diversity and inclusion at KenGen

June 27, 2022
NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

NBK partners with Kodris Africa to enable easy payments for new coding programme

June 27, 2022
Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

Kenyans celebrate Maxine Wahome for winning the World Rally Championship

June 27, 2022


© 2022 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Markets
  • Real Estate
  • Tech
  • World Business
  • KBF
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking
    • Insurance
    • Manufacturing
    • Opinion