How essential is sleep?

(Dunya News) – Sleep is an essential component of healthy life. Just as food is necessary to provide us energy, a good night’s sleep and rest helps us to perform better, mentally and physically throughout the day.

However, due to the ever-busy routines as well as greater incorporation of technology in our lives many people sleep less during the night affecting their work and concentration during the day.

Resting well at night can boost up anyone during the daylight hours, failing to do so causes severe health issues. Lack of sleep in children, affects their concentration during school hours. In adults, failing to sleep for more than 7 hours could lead to serious health issues.

Lack of sleep can affect daily routine and a person feels lethargic during the day. Photo: Screengrab

Speaking to Dunya News, Humera Muslim, a schoolteacher explains that children usually sleep late because everyone at home, especially adults, stay awake late at night. “Even if parents make their children sleep at sound hours during the night, these children still have access to the internet and end up sleeping late, which means they don’t get enough sleep,” Muslim added.

Children sleeping late at night can’t concentrate well during the day at school. Photo: Screengrab

Another factor which has become the main cause of disturbed sleep during the night is the lack of physical activity, which affects children in schools where they are seen dozing off or yawning.

According to mental health experts, when one does not get enough sleep it affects both mental and physical health. Physically, a person will feel lethargic the entire day due to lack of sleep while mentally, it can affect the memory of a person.

For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.