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Haven't Slept a wink

Teenagers tend to sleep later than preadolescents, and like adults, they don't get enough sleep on the weekdays.  How sleep patterns change with age  :

 

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Natural bedtime

Hours of sleep: recommended

Hours of sleep: actual

   

 

0 - 1 yrs.

7 - 8 p.m

14  - 15 hrs. **

12.8 all days**

   

1 - 2

7 - 8

12  - 14**

11.8**

   

3 - 6

7 - 8

11 - 13**

10.3**

   

7 - 11

8 - 9

10 - 11

9.4

   

12 - 17

10:30 - 11:30

8.5 - 9.5

7.6 weekdays

8.9 weekends

   
 

18 - 54

10 - 12

7 - 8.5

6.8 weekdays

7.4 weekends

   
 

55 - 84

8 - 10

7 - 8.5

6.9 weekdays

7.5 weekends

   
 
     
" REFERS TO BEDTIME IN THE NATURAL SLEEP - WAKE CYCLE. ACTUAL BEDTIMES WILL VERY BASED ON NATL. SLEEP FOUNDATION (NSF)  SURVEYS, 2003-2006. ** INCLUDES DAY AND NIGHTTIME SLEEP , SOURCES : NSF : DR. JUDITH OWENS, HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL."

 

EPSTEIN former president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,  is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and the medical director for sleep  Health Centers in Boston.     MARDON is medical writer.  They are the outhors of " The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good  Night's Sleep "

 

 

 

 

 

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