Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020 07:02 AM MYT
Now new research has suggested another reason why a late bedtime could be bad for teens' health, after finding that teenagers who prefer to stay up later and wake up later the next day may be more likely to have asthma and allergies compared to those who head to bed earlier. They also answered questions on their sleep habits, such as what time at night they tend to feel tired, what time they choose to wake up, and how tired they feel first thing in the morning to determine their chronotype, which is an individual's preferred time to sleep and to be active.
The findings also held true even after the researchers had taken into account other known risk factors for asthma and allergies, such as where the participants live, whether they were exposed to secondhand smoke due to family members smoking and whether they had a pet.