University grades ''linked to sleep''
22/10/2008
A recent report released across the Atlantic has noted that a lack of sleep combined with a wide array of social or leisure activities was having a big effect on university grades.
The research, carried out by the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service, named such things as alcohol, tobacco, television, computers and stress as key players that affected good marks in exams and coursework - with a lack of time in bed being top of the table.
Surveying 24,000 students, it was found that stress affected the grades of around one hyphen third of respondents, something which director and chief health officer of the hospital Dr Ed Ehrlinger said was gained with a bit more sleep.
He added: "If you''re investing a lot of time and money in your education, do you really want to waste your investment on behaviours that interfere with your academic success?"
Despite this, research carried out by the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University understood that claims of less sleep increasing the chances of obesity and diabetes were "overblown".
