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Lifestyle and Habits

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Nowadays there seems to be a growing attention to encouraging healthy lifestyles. Sleep is a key indicator of health-related habits. Sleep disturbances are considered important risk factors for several medical illnesses. On the other hand, in the last years there has been a widespread growth in services, available regardless of time or day organization (24/7 service) and a diffuse increase in the utilization, both in work and private lives, of modern information and communication technology, generally ignoring the importance of a regular sleep organization. The average amount of sleep reported by middle age subjects seems to have decreased by about 1 h per night in the last half century. Due to the increasing misalignment between biological and social time there is a risk of developing a “social jet-lag” and becoming a “chronically sleep deprived” society with adverse effects on safety, health, psychological well-being, and productivity.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Centre of Sleep Medicine, University of Genoa, Largo Paolo Daneo, 3, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    Sergio Garbarino

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    Sergio Garbarino

  3. Department of Neuroscience, Centre of Sleep Medicine, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Lino Nobili

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Garbarino, S., Nobili, L. (2014). Lifestyle and Habits. In: Garbarino, S., Nobili, L., Costa, G. (eds) Sleepiness and Human Impact Assessment. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5388-5_8

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