Study: Just 1 hour of social media a day is enough to ruin your sleeping pattern

One hour a day on social media can derail your sleeping pattern, a new study warns.

The report by Canadian researchers was commissioned to assess why so many young people struggle to sleep eight hours.

They found the root problem to be social media: those who spent at least 60 minutes on WhatsApp, Facebook or Snapchat suffered more sleep issues than those who did not.

The more time they used the apps and sites, the less sleep they got.