I’m yawning as I type this. Who among us hasn’t stayed up late knowing full well we needed to go to bed, but had to watch that movie, or game, or awards show…or talk on the phone or chat on facebook, read that last tweet, go back to check and see what’s on P.O.U.
Yeah. We need to GO TO SLEEP.
With a good night’s rest increasingly losing out to the Internet, e-mail, late-night cable and other distractions of modern life, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that too little or erratic sleep may be taking an unappreciated toll on Americans’ health.
Beyond leaving people bleary-eyed, clutching a Starbucks cup and dozing off at afternoon meetings, failing to get enough sleep or sleeping at odd hours heightens the risk for a variety of major illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, recent studies indicate.“We’re shifting to a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week society, and as a result we’re increasingly not sleeping like we used to,” said Najib T. Ayas of the University of British Columbia. “We’re really only now starting to understand how that is affecting health, and it appears to be significant.”
OK….so how much sleep do we need?
| Newborns (0-2 months old) | 12-18 hours |
| Infants (3-11 months old) | 14-15 Hours |
| Toddlers (1-3 years old)l | 12-14 Hours |
| Pre-schoolers (3-5 years old) | 11-13 Hours |
| School-aged Children (5-10 years old) | 10-11 Hours |
| Teens (11-17 years old) | 8-9 Hours |
| Adults | 7-9 Hours |
Studies show that people who get the appropriate amount of sleep on a regular basis tend to live longer, healthier lives than those who sleep too few or even too many hours each night. This underscores the importance of making sleep a top priority.
So Obots, put down the laptop, get off the phone, stop tweeting, stop channel surfing, say good night and
GO TO SLEEP!
