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Why South Korea is not sleeping

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South Korea is a country with a high prevalence of  sleep problems, The average South Korean youth gets seven hours and 18 minutes of sleep per night, one hour short of the average in developed countries. In just a few decades South Korea has become one of the world's most technologically advanced nations from being one of the poorest countries. Why South Korea is not sleeping (Credit: Yahoo News) The psychological demand or stress is very high in Korea, and so is the workload. Also, there is an abrupt or frequent shift in working hours. People are asked to work late or work during other hours. South Korea is one of the most sleep-deprived nations on earth. It also has the highest suicide rate among developed nations, the highest consumption of hard liquor, and a huge number of people on antidepressants. Almost 100,000 Koreans are taking sleeping pills. That's according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service(HIRA), which assesses claims filed with the...

Startup Success Story : Parafit - A one stop solution for all fitness-based needs.

We all know that we have to eat healthy to live healthily but it's very difficult to make healthy food and get it into the routine. But here is a startup who solving this issue. Parfait, a startup based in New Delhi solving this problem in a very easy way. This startup is delivering healthy foods to our home at a very convenient cost and also providing guide diet nutrition devices for the health-conscious people so if it is solving the main issue of the health-related problems. Paraj Primlani founder of Parafit says he started Parafit after his successful weight loss journey. In 2008, he thinks that it was really difficult to find real healthy food in the market, every brand is selling preservative mixed food as healthy food. Paraj did a course in dietetics and nutrition and started giving meal plans to his friends and family. Primlani realizes the potential of the fitness industry and he built a tech-enabled platform where anyone can get a customized diet plan and d...