A 2011 National Sleep Foundation poll showed that 95 percent of people use some sort of electronic device (including TV, cell phones and computers) in the hour before bed several nights a week, and two-thirds of 30-to-64-year-olds watch TV in the hour before going to bed, HealthDay reported. And in another study presented at the 2009 SLEEP meeting, TV watching before bedtime seemed to be the single most important factor in what time a person ends up going to sleep. Using technology before bed has also been associated with higher stress levels, LiveScience reported.
The new survey was conducted by SleepRate, a service that uses a smartphone and a heart rate monitor to address sleep issues. The survey showed that 77 percent of people who said they stayed up late to binge-watch shows felt tired the next day.
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