Okay, so I am going to start off with a question: How many of you actually get about 8 hours of sleep a night or at least on most school nights? Well that’s what I expected because 8 hours is a third of our day and it can be very hard to fit that into one’s schedule, especially with the hectic schedule that correlates with being a teenager. A recent study that was done actually found that only 15% of teenagers do get 8 hours of sleep or more. That’s astonishing to me because you always hear people saying how sleep is so important for teens and that teens need to get 8 hours of sleep to function better, and yet only 15% actually do. I think that it is due to teens getting into a bad schedule or routine and not wanting to or even being able to
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The more sciencey answer is because when you sleep your cells repair, you release growth hormones, and your nervous and immune system strengthen. The more basic answer is because sleep energizes you throughout the day and is used to restart your body every night. Sleep deprivation can lead to many health problems. Some of these problems are constant fatigue, sleep-apnea (stopping of breath during sleep), insomnia, and it can also lead to depression. In fact, 73% of adolescents who report feeling depressed also report that they don’t get enough sleep at night. The constant fatigue that is a result of sleep deprivation can be very harmful as well. It can lead to you falling asleep at work and losing your job, or even worse, in some cases it could lead to your death. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that about 1550 deaths occur each year due to driver fatigue. Also, the administration reported 100,000 crashes, 71,000 injuries, and around $12.5 billion worth of losses or damages. All of that just because one doesn’t get enough sleep at night. Furthermore, sleep deprivation can lead to obesity as well. It impairs the body’s ability to process glucose and also drops leptin levels which increase one’s appetite, and thus lead to obesity in addition to a greater risk of attaining type-2
The more sciencey answer is because when you sleep your cells repair, you release growth hormones, and your nervous and immune system strengthen. The more basic answer is because sleep energizes you throughout the day and is used to restart your body every night. Sleep deprivation can lead to many health problems. Some of these problems are constant fatigue, sleep-apnea (stopping of breath during sleep), insomnia, and it can also lead to depression. In fact, 73% of adolescents who report feeling depressed also report that they don’t get enough sleep at night. The constant fatigue that is a result of sleep deprivation can be very harmful as well. It can lead to you falling asleep at work and losing your job, or even worse, in some cases it could lead to your death. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that about 1550 deaths occur each year due to driver fatigue. Also, the administration reported 100,000 crashes, 71,000 injuries, and around $12.5 billion worth of losses or damages. All of that just because one doesn’t get enough sleep at night. Furthermore, sleep deprivation can lead to obesity as well. It impairs the body’s ability to process glucose and also drops leptin levels which increase one’s appetite, and thus lead to obesity in addition to a greater risk of attaining type-2