Are US teens getting enough sleep? A new study shows that high school students’ sleep is getting worse, with over three-quarters of them getting less than seven hours each night.
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Teens aren’t getting enough sleep! And a two-decade study suggests it’s getting worse. Scientists found that the number of high schoolers getting insufficient sleep — less than seven hours a night — has increased from 69% to 77%. The throughline? There wasn’t one. Teens had bad sleep habits across most demographics, including race, gender and grade level. The findings were published this week in the journal JAMA.
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