AYGMyJune2015

Sleep: A Global Perspective was released by

Royal Philips on World Sleep Day (March

13, 2015), highlighting sleep trends and

habits of people surveyed across 10

countries including the US, Brazil, the UK,

France, the Netherlands, Germany, China,

Japan, South Korea and Australia. Some

interesting findings:

• Twenty two per cent of survey
  respondents reported inadequate
  sleep each week


• Although we get an average number
  of hours sleep each night, Australians
  go to bed earlier and wake earlier
  on average than any other country
  surveyed - nearly half (45%) of Aussie
  respondents wake before 7am.


• Among a list of 13 factors keeping
  people up at night, Australian
  respondents selected financial/

Bedtime blues

A new report on global sleep habits has found that Aussies are early

risers, but more than 20 per cent of us are having trouble sleeping.

The leading cause of sleepless nights? Money worries.

Money worries are keeping

us awake at night

Shhh...

Professor David

Hillman, Chair of

the Sleep Health

Foundation says

the toughest part for

people wanting to improve sleep is

often just getting motivated to make

changes and recommends incremental

changes to daily routines that will

enable a better night’s sleep. He shares

his top five changes to daily routines:

1. Make sure you make enough time
   for sleep. The average adult needs
   eight hours a night.


2. Keep regular hours of sleep. Get
   into a routine.


3. Make sure the bedroom is a
   comfortable, quiet, dark sanctuary
   for sleep.


4. Have a good wind down routine
   before bed. (Try our sequence for
   better sleep on p83)


5. Eat right and exercise.

economic issues (30 per cent) and

work (23 per cent) as their most

common sleep disruptors.

• While 67 per cent of people around
  the world sleep with a mobile phone
  within reach, only 18 per cent of
  Australians said technology was
  a sleep disruptor.

“Our survey indicates how psychological

factors can impact sleep, and how those

factors can change depending on the times

in which we live,” said Dr Mark Aloia,

Senior Director of Global Clinical Research,

Philips. “Combating stress is critical to

a good night’s sleep, but the toughest

part for people is often just getting

motivated to make changes. This data

further demonstrates that sleep needs to

be viewed and treated holistically, with

both technology and lifestyle solutions that

work together to promote better health.” ^25

may/june 2015

yogajournal.com.au

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