Among those aged five to 12, 45% had a problem with sleep patterns compared with 37% of those between 13 and 17
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More than one in four school-age children in Australia use screens in bed in the hour before sleep and one in ten have caffeine after lunchtime most days of the week, a new survey looking at sleep habits has found.
The findings, released on Wednesday from researchers at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, analysed the answers of a nationally representative sample of 1,654 parents who were asked about the sleeping habits and behaviours of their children, aged between five and 17 years.
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/12/almost-half-of-school-age-children-in-australia-found-to-have-problems-with-sleep
