Less Sleep, But More Sunshine: Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Days are getting longer, temperatures are getting warmer, but all that unfortunately brings the changing of the clocks this weekend – and not in the preferred direction.

Daylight saving time starts this Sunday at 2 a.m., and is a regular opportunity for fire departments to remind people to change their batteries in their smoke alarms. However, it may also be the perfect time to take a weekend to get extra rest before people have to spring forward.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the loss of an hour can have a heavy impact on sleep that can last for months. Research shows the risk of having a heart attack, stroke, and episodes of an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation can increase after the time change. High school students lose an average of 32 minutes of sleep on weeknights following the shift, for a net loss of two hours, 42 minutes that week, according to a 2015 study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep.

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