Tagged: teenager

Sleep disorders in New Zealand teenagers - Sleep on it

Karyn O'Keeffe • Dec 09, 2013 •

• adolescence,
• sleep,
• sleep disorder,
• sleep problem,
• teenager

Last week saw media reports stating that, alarmingly, almost 40% of New Zealand teenagers have a sleep disorder. This stemmed from a Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners press release, and a paper published in the Journal of Primary Health Care. At face value, these findings are very concerning indeed. The study surveyed 1388 Auckland high school students, from … Read More

Later school start times for NZ teenagers - Sleep on it

Karyn O'Keeffe • Jul 05, 2013 •

• academic,
• school,
• sleep,
• teenager

Last week, Radio NZ interviewed Dr Paul Kelley, an educational researcher from the UK, on educational outcomes in adolescents when school timing is shifted to a later start time.  From a sleep science point of view, I wasn’t blown away by Paul’s interview and I was surprised that Radio NZ had opted to not to describe any of the New … Read More