<p>Children may sleep less when there is a full moon, but only by a few minutes, according to a new study conducted on kids from 12 countries, including India.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, the study failed to find a link between the occurrence of the full moon and kids' activity levels, debunking the myth that children are more hyper during a full moon.<br /><br />Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada analysed information from over 5,800 children, ages 9 to 11, from 12 countries - India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the UK and the US.<br /><br />The children wore accelerometers - devices similar to fitness trackers that record body movement and can be used to monitor sleep - 24 hours a day, for at least seven days.<br /><br />Results showed that children's activity levels - including the amount of time they spent doing high- and low-intensity activity, and their sedentary time - were about the same during a full moon and new moon.<br /><br />However, children's sleep time was about 5 minutes shorter on nights with a full moon, compared to nights with a new moon, 'Live Science' reported.<br /><br />This is about 1 per cent of children's total sleep time, researchers said.<br /><br />One possible reason could be that the brightness of the full moon interferes with children's sleep, they said.<br /><br />The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.</p>
<p>Children may sleep less when there is a full moon, but only by a few minutes, according to a new study conducted on kids from 12 countries, including India.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, the study failed to find a link between the occurrence of the full moon and kids' activity levels, debunking the myth that children are more hyper during a full moon.<br /><br />Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Canada analysed information from over 5,800 children, ages 9 to 11, from 12 countries - India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, the UK and the US.<br /><br />The children wore accelerometers - devices similar to fitness trackers that record body movement and can be used to monitor sleep - 24 hours a day, for at least seven days.<br /><br />Results showed that children's activity levels - including the amount of time they spent doing high- and low-intensity activity, and their sedentary time - were about the same during a full moon and new moon.<br /><br />However, children's sleep time was about 5 minutes shorter on nights with a full moon, compared to nights with a new moon, 'Live Science' reported.<br /><br />This is about 1 per cent of children's total sleep time, researchers said.<br /><br />One possible reason could be that the brightness of the full moon interferes with children's sleep, they said.<br /><br />The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics.</p>