Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep In Teens

Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue. When compared to subjects with restricted use of cell phones, young people with excessive use of cell phones (both talking and text messaging) have increased restlessness with more careless lifestyles, more consumption of stimulating beverages, difficulty in falling asleep and disrupted sleep, and more susceptibility to stress and fatigue. They behave more like larks than owls, suggesting a delayed biological clock.

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