AASM Releases Its First Official Pediatric Sleep Duration Recommendation.
Published on June 15, 2016 For the first time, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has released official consensus recommendations for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal health in children and teenagers to avoid the health risks of insufficient sleep. The recommendations in the consensus statement are as follows: Infants four to 12 months should sleep 12 to 16 hours per 24 hours (including naps) on a regular basis to promote optimal health. Children one to two years of age should sleep 11 to 14 hours per 24 hours (including naps) on a regular basis to …
Losing sleep: Stress robs us of 64 nights of a sleep a year.
ADULTS lose 64 nights’ worth of sleep every year, usually due to stress, a study has found. PUBLISHED: 19:45, Wed, Dec 30, 2015 | UPDATED: 19:57, Wed, Dec 30, 2015 The average grown-up gets just six hours and 36 minutes’ sleep every night – an hour and 24 minutes less than the recommended eight hours. This amounts to 511 hours over a year – the equivalent of almost 64 eight-hour nights, Stress is the main reason for insomnia, the poll found. A snoring or fidgeting partner, being too hot or cold in bed and worrying about money can also …
A sleep expert reveals the ideal start time for work and school.
ADAM BANICKI, TANYA LEWIS | JAN 1 2015, 2:30 PM Watch video: http://www.businessinsider.com/sleep-expert-says-work-should-start-later-2015-12#ooid=VyeDNrdzoqu6uw_MkgS6syfLY0G2z5cj A startling number of teenagers and young adults are chronically sleep deprived, and the answer is starting school or work later, one sleep expert argues. According to Paul Kelley, a sleep researcher at the University of Oxford, children between the ages of eight and 10 should start school no earlier than 8:30 a.m., 16-year-olds should start at or after 10 a.m., and 18-year-olds at 11 a.m or later. The suggestions come from a recent study published by Kelley and his colleagues in the journal Learning, Media and Technology. “At …
The Negative Impact Intense Workouts Have on Your Sleep.
Brielle Buis | December 16, 2015 You already know the importance of getting adequate nutrition after you workout to promote muscle growth. But, did you know that the true gold standard of your post workout regimen is getting enough sleep? Ironically, this golden ticket that might be the most important is also something that can possibly be hindered by a hard workout. A study conducted by Loughborough University looked into the effect that heavy training has on your sleep. To conduct the experiment the scientists, lead by head researcher S.C. Killer, studied the effects of two nine-day periods of heavy training, on 13 competitive cyclists. …
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