This weekend the clocks will go back one hour to the well-known winter time. But did you know that daylight saving time is actually much better for your health? Sticking to daylight saving time provides major health benefits, says British environmentalist Mayer Hillman on the leading site of the British Medical Journal.
In fact, in the summer the clocks would be another hour ahead should. It would greatly increase the opportunities for people to be outdoors :for adults it would be an extra three hundred hours, for children about two hundred.
Happier and healthier
According to Hillman, it is therefore better for health if daylight saving time is adhered to † People become more active, happier and healthier when the (summer) days are longer. People benefit more from daylight than from artificial light and they are less inclined to engage in outdoor activities in the dark. This is especially true for children and the elderly.
By sticking to daylight saving time in the winter and moving the clocks forward another hour in the summer (double daylight saving time), many more waking hours in the light per year would be possible. are spent:an inexpensive procedure that leads to more movement can lead.
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