Sleep experts say that adolescents need between eight to 10 hours of sleep for optimal health. Now, a new study has provided more evidence of the importance of night time rest among teenagers.
In the new study, Matthew Weaver, from the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues looked at eight years worth of data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
The survey is administered biannually by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at private and public schools across the country.
The data revealed that more than 70 percent of high school students in the United States get less than the recommended eight hours of sleep.
The researchers also observed a strong association between sleep duration and risk-taking behaviors. Weaver and colleagues found that the odds of unsafe behavior in high school students raised significantly with fewer hours of sleep. These behaviors include drunk driving, unsafe sexual activity, and use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
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