Andersen Monica L, Pires Gabriel Natan, Tufik Sergio
Departamento de Psicobiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Sleep Institute, Associação Fundo Incentivo à Pesquisa (AFIP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Sleep Sci. 2024 Feb 20;17(2):e203-e207. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1777785. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Although sleep is crucial for mental and physical health, insufficient sleep is a growing problem in our modern society. In general, adults need approximately eight hours of sleep per night, but this is often unfeasible nowadays. This sleep restriction has been observed, and it has worsened, throughout the past two centuries; therefore, it is more attributed to socioeconomic changes than to biological adaptations. The most important factors to contribute to this sleep restriction were the popularization of artificial light and industrialization. The present manuscript briefly overviews, from a socioanthropological perspective, the reasons why sleep has been impacted, disclosing its effects on individuals and on society.
尽管睡眠对身心健康至关重要，但睡眠不足在现代社会正成为一个日益严重的问题。一般来说，成年人每晚大约需要八小时睡眠，但如今这往往难以实现。在过去两个世纪里，这种睡眠限制一直存在且愈发严重；因此，它更多是由社会经济变化而非生物适应性导致的。造成这种睡眠限制的最重要因素是人造光的普及和工业化。本手稿从社会人类学角度简要概述了睡眠受到影响的原因，揭示了其对个人和社会的影响。
