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25. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:54 PM

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Although chronic effects of remaining in daylight saving time year-round have not been well studied, daylight saving time is less aligned with human circadian biology — which, due to the impacts of the delayed natural light/dark cycle on human activity, could result in circadian misalignment, which has been associated in some studies with increased cardiovascular disease risk, metabolic syndrome and other health risks. It is, therefore, the position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine that these seasonal time changes should be abolished in favor of a fixed, national, year-round standard time.

https://aasm.org/advocacy/position-statements/daylight-saving-time-an-american-academy-of-sleep-medicine-position-statement

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If you object to daylight time year around, and please read the finding how unhealthy it is [View all] question everything Sunday OP

Here in AZ, we don't do daylight savings. Coventina Sunday #1

I am jealous. Perhaps Minnesota can follow though. question everything Sunday #2

AZ is in the middle of a zone FHRRK1 Sunday #10

They need to pick one and leave it, end the switching of clocks sarisataka Sunday #3

No, that doesn't make any sense Blues Heron Sunday #7

The hours of sunlight on a given day is fixed sarisataka Sunday #8

THANK YOU Skittles Sunday #12

I agree. Do people not ever across into a different time zone... 3catwoman3 Sunday #31

honestly Skittles Sunday #34

People fly all the time and don''t get traumatized by a time change of an hour. pnwmom Sunday #14

I am on the extreme sarisataka Sunday #18

What's wrong with changing the clocks a couple times a year? We in Seattle don't need pnwmom Sunday #19

Speak for yourself. hunter Sunday #32

In December here the dawn is almost 8 am. We don't need darkness to continue to almost 9 am. nt pnwmom Sunday #36

I've got some ideas about a more natural time system. hunter Sunday #37

Mexico and Canada will have fits. LeftInTX Sunday #4

I read that states could opt out of permanent daylight savings time dweller Sunday #5

Thanks. Will contact Klobuchar, our next governor question everything Sunday #6

These people act like we don't have any light but the sun Wifes husband Sunday #9

Why? Don't you ever fly from east to west or the reverse? What's the big deal pnwmom Sunday #20

Changing a wrist watch is one thing Wifes husband Sunday #22

This message was self-deleted by its author pnwmom Sunday #23

If Mercola says it... dpibel Sunday #11

Yeah... progressoid Sunday #15

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine question everything Sunday #25

I don't mind the time changes, which are no worse than taking an airplane flight pnwmom Sunday #13

Neither daylight savings time or standard time have any magical properties ToxMarz Sunday #16

You might want to find another source. Mercola is a quack website. progressoid Sunday #17

ewwwww Stacey Grove Sunday #21

How about the American Academy of Sleep Medicine? question everything Sunday #24

A 'farts field', I'd call it... (nt) GJGCA Sunday #27

I'm sitting here snorting thru my nose. 3catwoman3 Sunday #30

Daylight Saving Time is an artifical construct that should be abolished LogDog75 Sunday #26

Thank you. Well said. Please convey these to your member of Congress. (even if a reactionary R) question everything Sunday #28

I wrote to my maga congress guy Tree Lady Sunday #29

I could never understand why...? kentuck Sunday #33

I think we should end the changing of the clocks dsc Sunday #35