Being cool has its costs.
A recent study found that popular teens sleep less than their not-so-hip peers and popular girls are more likely to experience symptoms of insomnia than their male counterparts.
Using a sample of roughly 1,400 Swedish teenagers, researchers asked participants to report their weekly sleep levels, alcohol use, anxiety, depression and insomnia symptoms. The teens were then asked to nominate three of their friends. Those with the most nominations were defined as popular and this sought-after set was found to sleep far less than their peers, by up to 27 minutes. The researchers published their work in Frontiers in Sleep on Wednesday.
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