Every night, the Russians are sleeping almost an hour longer than Americans – Moskovsky Komsomolets

this was stated by the scientists

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Experts from Australia and the United States conducted a study, allowed to find out how much time to devote to the sleep residents of different countries. As it turned out, the most “sleepy” were residents of Argentina, while the most “cheerful” — the Japanese. The Russians, according to the results, sleep longer than many other countries.

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according to scientists, their conclusions are based on statistics gathered between 2006 and 2012 in 645 cities worldwide. Although experts admit that varying the amount taken into account cities of different countries may affect the accuracy of the final result, the results obtained, the researchers considered sufficiently close to reality to be of interest.

the people of Japan, according to the study, on average, devote to sleep only 7 hours and 16 minutes, while the Argentines for three hours, or nearly a half times more — 10 hours and 16 minutes. The Russians, according to the collected statistics, the average go to bed at 22:43 and Wake up at 7:54, thus dedicating the sleep 9 hours and 20 minutes.

If the data collected by the scientists is correct, Europeans every night sleeping is somewhat less than the population of Russia is 8 hours and 55 minutes. About the same time devoted to sleep and the citizens of South Korea. US residents spend in the realm of dreams even less time is 8 hours and 31 minutes, reports Lenta.ru.

Experts also note that the people of Europe recently sleeping less, while people living in Eastern Asia — on the contrary, longer. In North America this indicator in recent times remains generally unchanged.

a Sufficient amount of time devoted to sleep, a person needs in order to reduce the risk of a number of problems, from depression to diabetes and from neuroses to colds. In the most common to date version, most people in order to really sleep, on average, 7.5 hours, however, depending on the individual characteristics of each person and other factors, this figure is another.