Around half of Japanese people in their forties get less than six hours of sleep per night. A 2017 national health and nutrition survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, measured the daily average sleep (based on the previous one-month period) for men and women in their twenties and over.
Category: Sleep deprivation
The effects of going more than 24 hours without sleep
Getting enough sleep is vital for both physical and emotional well-being. Sleep deprivation can lead to many short- and long-term health effects.
Sleep loss can turn us into social outcasts
Sleep deprivation can contribute to a host of mental and physical problems, including depression, diabetes, and impaired cognitive functioning.
Sleeplessness | Happiness
The lack of sleep can have an antidepressant quality in a proportion of patients with major depression. There is some evidence, that for certain individuals reducing their sleep can increase their positive emotional experience.
Infographic: Weirdest sleep experiments
Is sleep more important than food?
The amount of sleep you need
The amount of sleep we need depends on our age. Regularly sleeping less than 7 hours per night is associated with adverse health outcomes
Night Shift Workers. We few. We happy few.
Working nights can lead to weight gain and sleep deprivation and that can lead to other sleep disorders like sleep apnea.
Why is burnout so pervasive in our society?
People that burnout report many symptoms such as reduced job satisfaction, physical complaints, fatigue, sleep disturbances and impaired cognitive performance.
Infographic: Sleep and Caffeine
We use caffeine to counteract the effects of sleepiness.
Trouble Sleeping and a Busy Life
Life is full of activities that can lead to trouble sleeping. Having a sleep disorder like sleep apnea can cause insomnia. It can be hard to find the time to get the proper exercise, nutrition and rest our body needs, while still maintaining both family and professional responsibilities.