The Negative Consequences Of Sleep Deprivation

Are you getting enough sleep at night? One of the most common issues among adolescents in this day and age is the issue of sleep deprivation and the numerous negative consequences that coincide with it. For adolescents and teenagers, seven to eight hours of sleep per night is ideal for maintaining and establishing better health and tendencies. However, this is blatantly not the easiest task to pursue or fulfill. Being a working adolescent and student myself, I know the struggles of coping and battling with sleep deprivation from a firsthand standpoint. According to the first article for this analysis and comparison titled Lack of sleep as a contributor to obesity in adolescents: impacts on eating and activity behaviors, which was written in 2016 by Jean-Phillippe Chaput and Caroline Dutile, …show more content…
In a growing society where education and job-holding are increasing in terms of importance and necessity, it can be a severe challenge to maintain and obtain efficient sleep duration and quality. Sleep deprivation appears to only have negative consequences, and as a working student who experiences sleep deprivation regularly, I can atest to that claim. The two articles I chose to compare and analyze do an outstanding job highlighting some of the rather serious issues that coincide with sleep deprivation in today’s adolescents. The first article prioritizing the issues of overeating, weight gain, and less physical activity as a result of sleep deprivation; the second prioritizing the issues of hardships regulating delinquency and self-control as a result of sleep deprivation. After reading and analyzing the articles, it’s clear to me that there should be more public focus and notice about the importance of improved sleep quality and rest periods each night, but also that our higher-ups should be willing to empathize more with those of us that are sleep deprived. We all need some efficient sleep quality every