Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
We continue the conversation on sleep in this episode. Sleep is one of the three pillars of a healthy lifestyle and there has been much interest in how we can sleep better in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up our daily routines, with so many people still working from home.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks to Professor Michael Chee, the director of the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore. Prof Chee has spent close to two decades studying sleep and its impact on cognition and behaviour.
They discuss how the pandemic has affected sleep, the lessons learned from the last two years and the relevance of sleep targets set by the US-based National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
Highlights (click/tap above):
01:05 What has Covid-19 taught us about sleep?
03:39 Sleep targets set by US NSF - how relevant is it to Singapore?
06:27 Difference between self-reported sleep and objectively measured sleep
09:24 Sleep targets and recommendations differ based on individuals
13:08 Effects of sleep habits on health
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Fa'izah Sani and Hadyu Rahim
Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Fa'izah Sani
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