THERE IS A PUSH AT THE
STATE CAPITOL TO REQUIRE ALL
MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS
IN MINNESOTA TO START AFTER
8:30 A.M.
THE BILL WOULD MAKE SURE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS DO NOT
GET ON THEIR BUS BEFORE 7:00
A.M.
AND THE MINNESOTA SLEEP SOCIETY
IS WORKING WITH LAW MAKERS ON
THIS BILL.
JOINING US NOW WE HAVE DR. KHAN
IBER.
HE IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF
FAIRVIEW SLEEP MEDICINE AND A
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU.
WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING CHATTING
WITH YOU.
SLEEP DEPRIVATION ISN'T
SOMETHING THAT JUST KIDS FACE.
IT'S SOMETHING ADULTS FACE AS
WELL.
KIDS IN PARTICULAR YOU SAY
REALLY DO NEED THAT ADDED
SLEEP.
ABOUT 30% OF ADULTS ARE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP.
NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF TEENAGERS
AND IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A TENDENCY AFTER THE AGE
OF 12 TO HAVE A DELAY IN THEIR
NATURAL SLEEP TIME AND
AWAKENING TIME.
WE ALL HAVE A CLOCK.
THAT CLOCK GETS DELAYED.
NOT JUST IN CANADA AND KOREA
BUT ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES.
EVERY COUNTRY HAS THIS.
EVEN SOME ANIMALS ARE DELAYED
AT ADOLESCENCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS
IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ABOUT
87% OF THEM START BEFORE 8:30
A.M.
IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
TALK TO US.
WE HAVE A GRAPHIC OF WHAT THAT
MEANS.
THE PROBLEMS THAT POSES.
SLEEP IS A BRAIN FUNCTION.
IT'S NOT SURPRISING THERE'S AN
INCREASED RISK OF
INATTENTIVENESS.
MAJOR CAUSE FOR DEATH IN
TEENAGERS IS ACCIDENTS AND CAR
CRASHES LEAD THAT LIST.
COMMON IN PART BECAUSE SLEEP
RECONSTITUTES NORMAL
CONNECTIVITY WITH PRIMITIVE
PORTIONS OF THE BRAIN TO
BALANCE MOOD.
IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT
SUICIDALTY GOES UP.
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IN A STUDY IN
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA GOES UP FROM
ABOUT 2% TO 14%.
WHICH IS A BIG JUMP.
BIG JUMP WITH LESS THAN FIVE
HOURS OF SLEEP.
YOU'VE LOOKED AT MINNESOTA
TEENS.
HOW MUCH SLEEP ARE THEY
GETTING?
HOW SLEEP DEPRIVED ARE TEENS IN
OUR STATE?
IN THE SUMMER THEY GET NINE
HOURS OF SLEEP.
IN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THEY
LOSE 60 TO 90 MINUTES AND THEY
HAVE INSUFFICIENT SLEEP IN THE
RANGE OF 6 TO 7 HOURS.
THE MATTER OF HOURS THEY ARE
GETTING INSUFFICIENT SLEEP.
DES NOT DUE TO THE FACT THEY'RE
USING CELL PHONES.
IT'S DUE TO THE FACT OF THIS
DELAY.
WE KNOW WE USE OUR CELL PHONES
TOO.
THESE ARE HABITS THAT ARE NOT
GOOD, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE CAUSE
OF THE PROBLEM.
YOU'RE PUSHING FOR LATER
SCHOOL START TIMES.
CRITICS WILL SAY THIS IS A
COMMUNITY ISSUE, SHOULDN'T BE
DECIDED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING SCHOOL BOARDS
SHOULD DECIDE.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THAT
CRITICISM?
I BELIEVE IN LOCAL INPUT.
I CERTAINLY HAVE WORKED IN
SCHOOLS TO HELP LOCAL SCHOOLS.
REMEMBER THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF
MANDATES REGARDING THE
SCHEDULING OF KIDS AND CALENDAR
TIME.
YOU CAN FLIP A SWITCH
ESSENTIALLY WHICH WOULD ALLOW
AN IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY,
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND
EMOTIONAL REGULATION IN OUR
TEENAGERS.
SO THE OUTCOMES ARE SUBSTANTIAL
THAT AFFECTS A WHOLE
POPULATION.
IT'S SOMETIMES NECESSARY IN
SOCIETY TO HAVE GUIDANCE AND I
THINK THE SCHOOLS IN THE LONG
RUN WILL APPRECIATE THE
GUIDANCE OF A MANDATE.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE
GENERAL EXPERIENCE FOR SCHOOLS
THAT ARE DOING THIS, WHICH HAS
BEEN 20 YEARS NOW STARTING IN
MINNEAPOLIS AND EDINA IS THERE
AREN'T EXCESSIVE COSTS RELATED
TO BUSING AND THE LOGISTICS OF
THIS.
ALTHOUGH IT IS A CHANGE.
IT'S A HARD PROCESS TO GO
THROUGH.
INTERESTING CONVERSATION TO
BE HAD.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.