Healthy Lifestyle Final Research Report

Life SLEEP AND goodish modus vivendi 1 Sleep and Healthy Lifestyle National University of capital of capital of Singapore Undergraduates Profile Jiexuan Wang SM2 Group 1 National University of Singapore SLEEP AND goodish lifestyle 2 Sleep and Healthy Lifestyle National University of Singapore Undergraduates Profile quiescency, along with other hygienic life habits has arisen ken in recent years. As will be stated later, the majority of university undergraduates rarely took healthy living seriously.University students have long been known, as claimed by Dement (1997), to throw a fit the midnight oil and maintain an unhealthy lifestyle, which could be potenti each(prenominal)y hazardous to their health power. Apart from dozing off in the class, quiescency exit and poor dormancy quality led to m any(prenominal) long-term effects on the health conditions. Recently, we conducted a survey among the National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduates to explore their knowle dge of healthy lifestyle and reliefing habits (see Appendix A Interview Questions).The research chiefly covered the imagination of a healthy lifestyle, the tranquillitying hours and rituals. The aim of this story is to split up the general sleeping and healthy lifestyle conditions among NUS undergraduates and to revoke awareness on the healthy lifestyle and sleeping issue. Methodology The primary leaven was collected from our interviews, and several related materials were analyzed as subsidiary resources. We conducted personal interviews and recorded down the responds from respondents. Six faculties were involved in the research, including efficiency of Science, Faculty of Art and SocialSLEEP AND hale LIFESTYLE 3 Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business, initiate of computing and School of design and environment. Because of the limitation of the research method, we have solitary(prenominal) covered 96 respondents in our research. Results and Discussion This r esearch covers the concept of a healthy lifestyle, sleeping deprivation and other related perspectives. The result is to few extent in accordance with our expectation, but round of the problems of sleeping disorders and deprivation have grabbed our attention. This section will discuss these topics in detail.Healthy lifestyle concept The concept of a healthy lifestyle whitethorn vary fit to different people. From the research, it is clear that sleep, nutrition and example are major lend factors, with some of the respondents emphasizing the importance of scheduled and balanced lifestyle. However, they could only ordain an idea of the concept with surface knowing further about this topic. The following human body 1 presents an idea of the respondents understanding of healthy lifestyle. 71 4 5 5 6 4 8 1 1 80 60 40 20 0 42 51 embark 1 Healthy lifestyle Concept of NUS undergraduates number of espondents SLEEP AND salutary LIFESTYLE 4 quiescency hours Scientists accentuate the imp ortance of length of sleep, suggesting a six to eight hours of sleep every night. Insufficient sleep may lead to diminishing productivity, tendency to make mistakes and most dangerously, unintended sleep. trope 2 shows the sleeping hours among the respondents. The percentage of sleep deprivation among NUS undergraduates is sobering. 18 out of 95 respondents stated that they have less than 6 hours of sleep individually day, and as one of the respondents added, There were many students dozing off during lectures. In addition, some of the respondents gave details of the sleeping time at night, ranging from el flat o quantify to two or tether o time in the dayspring, and even shockingly, four or five in the morning when there is no lecture in the morning. However, noting that our biological rhythms work just the other stylus around, the sleeping habits of the majority of undergraduates are unhealthy. Reports (Fredrik, 2007) indicated that the period of 11 oclock in the evening to 3 oclock in the morning is when the body goes through a detoxification process and any time surrounded by 5 oclock to 7 oclock in the morning is suitable for defecation process. 0 60 40 20 0 below 6 sleeping hours 6 to 8 preceding(prenominal) 8 18 5 72 blueprint 2 Sleeping Hours among Undergraduates in NUS SLEEP AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 5 Sleeping Rituals Sleeping rituals could affect the sleeping efficiency and quality of sleep. Figure 3 illustrates the major sleeping rituals among the NUS undergraduates. One major factor is eating. Eating before bedtime has been a long-discussed topics among scientists. It is a two-edged sword, for sleep-benefit drinks such as a cup of warm draw can improve the efficiency of sleep while most snacks taken before bedtime are well known to be weight gaining.Interviews with respondents reveal that most of them will choose to eat before bedtime if they are hungry. However, keen the midnight oil easily contributes to bedtime eating habit. Besides, sci entists claim that eating within three hours before bedtime is unhealthy (Taft, 2012). The research also reveals that the second most well-heeled activity before bedtime is to exercise, which was proved to be beneficial to the improvement of sleeping quality, as stated in (Wooten, 2007).Among other common sleeping rituals, recreations equivalent movie watching may cause an excitement before sleeping time and resulted in sleeping disorder. number of respondents Exercising Chatting Set fright Shower Go Out Listening to Music Reading 25 12 12 9 37 1 1 3 2 1 16 15 15 19 Figure 3 Things NUS Undergraduates Do before Sleep SLEEP AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 6 Conclusion The research reveals that the majority of undergraduates have a relevantly clear concept of a healthy lifestyle and that the sleeping bod of the majority of undergraduates is reasonably healthy.The overall results from each faculty were mostly the identical (see Appendix B). However, when it comes to sleeping hours and sleepi ng rituals, much can be make to improve the quality and efficiency of sleep, in order to avoid stricken performances and unintended sleep during daytime. The significance of the study of sleeping patterns is obvious, for it reveals the healthy condition of undergraduates and possibly revokes awareness of sleeping issue among NUS undergraduates. (846 words) SLEEP AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 7 References Fredrik, P. (2007). When is the Best Time to Sleep?.Retrieved November 30, 2012 from http//www. ineedmotivation. com/blog/2007/10/when-is-the-best-time-to-sleep/ Taft, W. (2012). send away eating three hours before bed. Retrieved November 30, 2012 from http//willtaft. com/eat-at-least-3-hours-before-going-to-sleep/ Dement, W. (1997). Sleepless at Stanford. In What all undergraduates should know about how their sleeping lives affect their waking lives. Retrieved November 30, 2012 from Stanford University, Center of worth for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders Web site http//w ww. stanford. du/dement/sleepless. html Wooten, V. D. (2007). find Health How to Fall Asleep. Retrieved November 30, 2012 from http//health. howstuffworks. com/mental-health/sleep/basics/how-to-fall-asle ep. htm SLEEP AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 8 Appendix A Interview Questions 1. What is your concept of a healthy lifestyle? 2. What do you think are the factors that represent a healthy lifestyle? 3. Do you think that sleep is essential in maintaining a healthy lifestyle? Why? 4. How much sleep do you normally have? Is it any different during examinations? 5. Do you have any leeping ritual-? a series of actions that you usually carry out-? before going to sleep? How long does it take you to do this? 6. Do you eat before bedtime? A. What fodder/drink helps you to sleep? How does it help you to sleep? B. What food/drink keeps you to sleep? How does it prevent you to sleep? 7. Do you exercise before bedtime? What type of exercise do you do? How long does it take you to do this? 8. What oth er activities do you do before sleeping? Do/does these/this help or prevent you to sleep? SLEEP AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE 9 Appendix B Research Data (Original)