People who call themselves video game addicts are more likely to be sleepy during the day, according to a new study from the University of Arkansas.

Dr. Amanda Woolems and her colleagues studied 137 students, of whom 12 percent classified themselves as being addicted to playing games on computers or consoles.

"Our statistics revealed that those who admitted addiction scored higher on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale," Dr. Woolems said during her presentation at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. "It surprised us, however, that of the people who admitted being addicted to gaming, only about a third of them recognized it as an interference with sleep."

Failure to get adequate amounts of sleep and spending excessive amounts of time playing video games have both been associated with a number of unhealthy outcomes among adolescents and teenagers.

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