Sleep Factoids

12/31/2013

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Margaret Fuller

Here are some interesting factoids from a Time article (March 26, 2012) on the need for sleep, "Please, Please, Go to Sleep":

Studies show that 60% of a child's growth hormone is secreted during sleep.
Getting too little sleep appears to have a role in obesity. One Israeli study found the effect in babies as young as 6 months.
Australian children sleep almost a full hour per day more than American kids, who sleep less than kids in nearly all other countries.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends 14 to 15 hours of sleep for babies, 12 to 14 for toddlers, 11 to 13 for preschoolers, and 10 to 11 for elementary schoolers.

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