你知道嗎?嬰兒滿月后的睡眠時間可能逐漸減少
Children may sleep less when there is a full moon, but only by a few minutes, according to a new study conducted on kids from 12 countries, including India.
一項研究表明，孩童在滿月時可能會減少幾分鐘的睡眠時間。這項研究對包括印度在內的12個國家的孩童進行了調查。
However, the study failed to find a link between the occurrence of the full moon and kids’ activity levels, debunking the myth that children are more hyper during a full moon.
然而，該研究并沒有找到滿月和孩童活動水平的聯系，這使得孩童在滿月期間更亢奮的謎團浮出水面。
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada analysed information from over 5,800 children, ages 9 to 11, from 12 countries - India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the UK and the US.
加拿大東安大略兒童醫院的研究人員分析了5800名兒童的數據。這些兒童年齡在九歲到十二歲不等，分別來自印度、澳大利亞、巴西、加拿大、中國、哥倫比亞、芬蘭、肯尼亞、波蘭、南美、英國和美國。
The children wore accelerometers - devices similar to fitness trackers that record body movement and can be used to monitor sleep - 24 hours a day, for at least seven days.
在至少七天之內，這些孩童全天都佩戴加速器。加速器和健身追蹤器功能相似，能夠記錄身體活動和監控睡眠。
Results showed that children’s activity levels - including the amount of time they spent doing high- and low-intensity activity, and their sedentary time - were about the same during a full moon and new moon.
結果顯示，孩子們的活動水平在滿月期間和新月期間的水平相同。活動水平的數據包括他們進行高強度、低強度活動的時間以及久坐的時間。
However, children’s sleep time was about 5 minutes shorter on nights with a full moon, compared to nights with a new moon, ’Live Science’ reported.
Live Science雜志報道稱，但是兒童在滿月夜的睡眠時間比新月夜少了大約五分鐘。
This is about one per cent of children’s total sleep time, researchers said.
研究人員表示，這大約是一名兒童總共睡眠時間的1%。
One possible reason could be that the brightness of the full moon interferes with children’s sleep, they said.
他們表示，一個可能的原因是明亮的滿月干擾了孩子們的睡眠。
The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.
該研究在期刊《兒科前沿》上出版。
Children may sleep less when there is a full moon, but only by a few minutes, according to a new study conducted on kids from 12 countries, including India.
一項研究表明，孩童在滿月時可能會減少幾分鐘的睡眠時間。這項研究對包括印度在內的12個國家的孩童進行了調查。
However, the study failed to find a link between the occurrence of the full moon and kids’ activity levels, debunking the myth that children are more hyper during a full moon.
然而，該研究并沒有找到滿月和孩童活動水平的聯系，這使得孩童在滿月期間更亢奮的謎團浮出水面。
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada analysed information from over 5,800 children, ages 9 to 11, from 12 countries - India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the UK and the US.
加拿大東安大略兒童醫院的研究人員分析了5800名兒童的數據。這些兒童年齡在九歲到十二歲不等，分別來自印度、澳大利亞、巴西、加拿大、中國、哥倫比亞、芬蘭、肯尼亞、波蘭、南美、英國和美國。
The children wore accelerometers - devices similar to fitness trackers that record body movement and can be used to monitor sleep - 24 hours a day, for at least seven days.
在至少七天之內，這些孩童全天都佩戴加速器。加速器和健身追蹤器功能相似，能夠記錄身體活動和監控睡眠。
Results showed that children’s activity levels - including the amount of time they spent doing high- and low-intensity activity, and their sedentary time - were about the same during a full moon and new moon.
結果顯示，孩子們的活動水平在滿月期間和新月期間的水平相同。活動水平的數據包括他們進行高強度、低強度活動的時間以及久坐的時間。
However, children’s sleep time was about 5 minutes shorter on nights with a full moon, compared to nights with a new moon, ’Live Science’ reported.
Live Science雜志報道稱，但是兒童在滿月夜的睡眠時間比新月夜少了大約五分鐘。
This is about one per cent of children’s total sleep time, researchers said.
研究人員表示，這大約是一名兒童總共睡眠時間的1%。
One possible reason could be that the brightness of the full moon interferes with children’s sleep, they said.
他們表示，一個可能的原因是明亮的滿月干擾了孩子們的睡眠。
The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.
該研究在期刊《兒科前沿》上出版。
