World Sleep Day 2023 (March 17) Theme, Quotes and Facts

What is World Sleep Day?

World Sleep Day is an annual event celebrated with the motto of promoting good and healthy sleep. The first World Sleep Day Was held on 14 March 2008 organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Sleep Society, formerly World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM).

World Sleep Day is celebrated with the intention of spreading awareness about the importance of sleep in our daily life.  The objective of this event is to minimize the problems related to sleep on society through better prevention and management of sleep disorders. The Events involve discussions, presentations of educational materials and exhibitions take place around the world and online to promote well sleep.

When is World Sleep Day Celebrated?

World Sleep Day is celebrated in the month of March the Friday before the northern hemisphere vernal equinox of each year. The exact date of the World Sleep Day may vary but it is always celebrated on Friday. World Sleep Day in 2023 is on Friday, March 17.

What is the Slogan/Theme of World Sleep Day 2023?

This year, the slogan for World Sleep Day is “Sleep Is Essential for Health“.

Slogans of previous World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day History

The annual event was first started by the group of healthcare specialists and members of the medical community who were studying and working in sleep medicine and research. The objective of the first event was to bring all sleep healthcare providers to discuss the sleep education. The first co-chairs of World Sleep Day were Liborio Parrino, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Parma University, Italy and Antonio Culebras, MD, Professor of Neurology, Upstate Medical University, and Consultant, The Sleep Center, Community General Hospital, Syracuse, New York, USA.

Since, 2008, World Sleep Day has been continuously observed till today with the different themes and slogans. Check out the slogan above.

World Sleep Day Quotes

• World Sleep Day is the campaign for sleep disorders, let’s make people aware of it.
• Sleeping is like a medicine, so sleep on this occasion of World Sleep Day!
• We must share World Sleep Day quotes with other people to stop sleep disorders and to aware of people of world sleep day.
• “Many things – such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly – are done worst when we try hardest to do them.” – C.S. Lewis
• “Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” — Thomas Dekker
• “There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.” — Edward Lucas
• “Sleep is the best meditation.” — Dalai Lama
• “Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.” – Mahatma Gandhi
• “Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.” – Mesut Barazany
• “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” – Irish proverb
• “Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.” – Heraclitus
• “True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” – William Penn
• “Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.” – Fran Lebowitz

Interesting Facts About Sleep

1. 1  in 4 married couples sleeps in separate beds.
2. Pain tolerance is reduced by sleep deprivation.
3. About 02:00 am and 2:00 pm times of the day people feel tired.
4. Newborn babies sleep 14 to 16 hours total each day.
5. A human spends about 1/3rd of their life. However, this may vary depending on the age of the human.
6. The world record of the longest period without sleep is 11 days straight, set by a Californian student named Randy Gardner in 1964.
7. In normal cases, a human takes 10-15 minutes to fall asleep. If you fall asleep within 5 minutes, you are probably sleep-deprived.

References

• Wikipedia
•  WorldSleepDay.org

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