Brits spend around seven years feeling exhausted

On average Brits are spending more than seven and a half years of their life feeling tired.

New research has discovered that adults spend two hours and 56 minutes feeling drained and low in energy more than 20 hours per week.

This amounts to almost four days of each month or six weeks of every year, while four in ten revealed that they feel like they’re ‘running on empty’.

According to the study, which was commissioned by Healthspan, sleepless nights are the most common reason for exhaustion in the UK, with 54 per cent of the population blaming them for feelings of tiredness.

Early mornings account for more than a third of the nation’s sleepiness, and another third blame the winter’s dark mornings and early evenings.

While, yo-yo dieting is another reason for feeling exhausted, along with bad weather and long working hours.

In addition, the study found that 18 per cent have used a day of their annual leave just because they were too tired to carry on, while 14 per cent have called in sick to catch up on much needed sleep.

A further 58 per cent have cancelled nights out with friends due to tiredness, and 30 per cent have skipped plans to exercise from simply being too bushed.