Icelandic children sleep too little

Icelandic teenagers go to bed late and only sleep for …

Icelandic teenagers go to bed late and only sleep for six hours on weekdays and seven hours on weekends according to the survey. mbl.is/Jim Smart

Icelandic children and teenagers go to bed too late and sleep too little according to a new medical survey conducted in Iceland. 

"The best solution to the problem is that parents take responsibility for their children's bedtime habits," says Vaka Rögnvaldsdóttir who worked on the extensive survey which will be taking place for 15- 20 years at the University of Iceland. 

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