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A school that has allowed its pupils to start the day an hour later says it has seen absenteeism decline.
At Monkseaton High School, in North Tyneside, 800 pupils aged 13-19 have started lessons at 10am since October.
Early results indicates that general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%.
Head teacher Paul Kelley said that changing the school day could help towards creating "happier, better educated teenagers".
Mr Kelley said it was now medically established that it was better for teenagers to start their school day later in terms of their mental and physical health and how they learn better in the afternoon.
"It is a question of do schools fit the medical reality of teenagers?" he said.A school that has allowed its pupils to start the day an hour later says it has seen... more
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Putting a TV in teenagers' rooms is bad for their health, according to University of Haifa research, which has confirmed foreign studies.
A study of 444 middle-school pupils by Prof. Yael Letzer, Dr. Tamar Shohat and Prof. Orna Chishinsky of the Jezreel Valley College found that teens with their own TVs slept less and ate more than those without.
The average bedtime of those studied was 23:04 p.m., and the average time slept was seven hours and 41 minutes. On weekends, the average bedtime was 1:45 a.m., with the average time slept increasing to nine hours and 45 minutes. Those with personal TVs went to sleep half an hour later but woke up at the same time.
Middle-school pupils watch an average of two hours and 40 minutes of TV and use their computer for three hours and 45 minutes weekly. On weekends, they watch half an hour more TV than during the rest of the week and use their computers for four hours.
Pupils with TVs in their bedrooms watch an hour more than those whose TV is in another room.
A fifth of pupils said they ate in front of the TV set on a regular basis, while 70 percent said they did this occasionally. Only 10% never ate in front of the TV. Computers were considered to be a less attractive eating place, with half never eating in front of the PC.
The more teenagers are exposed to the media, the more they eat in front of the TV or computer screen, the study indicated.
Previous studies have shown that eating in front of the TV increases calorie intake and the risk of obesity in children and adults.
Putting a TV in teenagers' rooms is bad for their health, according to University... more
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"People who snore regularly are more likely to develop chronic bronchitis, according to a study published Monday.
Researchers at Korea University Ansan Hospital studied 4,270 individuals (52 percent men and 48 percent women) starting in 2001.
Participants provided information on demographics, health conditions, family disease history and lifestyle, as well as details about how often they snored. They were interviewed again every two years through 2006.
During the four years of follow-up, 314 people developed chronic bronchitis.""People who snore regularly are more likely to develop chronic bronchitis,... more
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"Without sleep, the emotional centers of our brains dramatically overreact to bad experiences, research now reveals.
'When we're sleep deprived, it's really as if the brain is reverting to more primitive behavior, regressing in terms of the control humans normally have over their emotions,' researcher Matthew Walker, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, told LiveScience. "
"Without sleep, the emotional centers of our brains dramatically overreact to bad... more
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There's some crazy stuff going on in your subconscious but nightmares sort it all out.There's some crazy stuff going on in your subconscious but nightmares sort it all... more
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