NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION: THE NEW TABLES WITH HOURS OF SLEEP RECOMMENDED FOR BANDS OF AGE
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A panel of experts recommended that the new terms of sleep for each stage of life. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF), along with a multidisciplinary group of experts, has published new recommendations for appropriate durations of sleep. The report recommended durations of sleep appropriate for different age groups. The results were published in the Official Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
In summary:
Infants (0-3 months): 14-17 hours per day (previously 12-18)
Babies (4-11 months): 12-15 hours (previously 14-15)
Children (1-2 years): 11-14 hours (previously 12-14)
Preschoolers (3-5): 10-13 hours (previously 11-13)
School-age children (6-13): 9-11 hours (previously 10-11)
Teenagers (14-17): 8-10 hours (previously 8.5-9.5)
Young adults (18-25): 7-9 hours (new age category)
Adults (26-64): 7-9 hours
Seniors (65+): field of sleep is 7-8 hours (new age category)
"This is the first time that a professional organization has developed a table with sleep duration recommended age-specific based on a rigorous systematic review of the scientific literature concerning the global duration of sleep for health, performance and security," said Charles A. Czeisler, chairman of the board of directors of the National Sleep Foundation, Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School. "The National Sleep Foundation is providing these science-based guidelines on the amount of sleep we need each night to improve the quality of sleep of millions of individuals and parents who rely on us for this information."
"The recommendations of the National Sleep Foundation can help individuals maintain healthy sleep durations. They can also be a useful starting point for people to evaluate their sleep with the medical staff," said David Cloud, CEO of the National Sleep Foundation.
The recommendations are the result of several rounds of voting by consensus after a comprehensive review of published scientific studies on sleep and health. The expert group included six sleep experts and experts from the following organizations:- American Association of Anatomists
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Neurological Association
- American Physiological Society
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Thoracic Society
- Gerontological Society of America
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Society
- Society for Research in Human Development
- American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Source: Worldhealth
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