Aug 31, 2020 15:00:00

American Society of Sleep Medicine announced in a statement that 'daylight saving time is harmful to health'

In Europe and the United States,

daylight saving time has been introduced to make effective use of the time of day when the sun is appearing, mainly in summer. It is daylight saving time when you can work and have a lot of leisure time in the daytime, but in recent years there is concern that it will adversely affect your health, and the EU is considering it. In the United States, the American College of Sleep Medicine has issued a statement calling for the end of daylight saving time.

Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement | Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8780

American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Eliminate daylight saving time
https://aasm.org/american-academy-of-sleep-medicine-calls-for-elimination-of-daylight-saving-time/

Daylight saving time in the United States begins at 2:00 am on the second Sunday of March and ends at 2:00 am on the first Sunday of November. On the start date, move the clock hands forward by 1 hour to 3:00 am on the start date, and set the clock to move back one hour to 1:00 am on the end date at 1:59 am.

Basically, daylight saving time is introduced to make effective use of daylight hours, but the United States and EU have a wide range, so this purpose does not make any sense in some areas. In Finland, a sleep disorder caused by the introduction of daylight saving time, decreased performance in the workplace, research results that lead to health problems has been announced .

In response to such research reports, there is a move in the EU to end daylight saving time. And on August 27, 2020, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine also issued a statement calling for the end of daylight saving time.

``Permanently maintaining standard time throughout the year is the best choice to match our circadian sleep/wake cycle,'' said Adeel Rishi, sleep statement specialist at the Mayo Clinic, lead author of the statement. 'Summer time wakes up in the dark in the morning and goes to bed in the light of the night, impeding the body's natural rhythm.'

It was pointed out in the statement that summer time increases the risk of stroke and hospitalization, increases the number of people visiting hospitals, and increases the production of inflammatory markers that measure the body's response to stress. Previous studies have also

noted a 6% increase in traffic fatalities and a 18% increase in human error related medical accidents in the days immediately following the switch to daylight saving time.

'Permanent acceptance of standard time brings benefits and safety to public health. The American Society of Sleep Medicine calls for legislative changes at the federal level,' said Kannan Ramar, president of the American College of Sleep Medicine.

According to a survey conducted by the American College of Sleep Medicine in July 2020, 63% were willing to abolish daylight saving time, and 11% opposed it. According to a 2019 survey, 55% of adults in the United States said they were “tired” about changes in their daily rhythms due to changes in daylight saving time.