The cost of insufficient sleep: are we sacrificing one valuable resource for another?

[摘要] Interest in sleep as a public health determinant, as well as the economic consequences of insufficient sleep, has increased in recent years [1, 2]. The 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) shows that 35% of Americans are not achieving the 7 hours of sleep per night [3], which various medical and health organizations recommend [4, 5]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that insufficient sleep is associated with an increase in the risk of various malaises, namely heart attack, coronary heart disease, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, and depression,...

[学科分类] 生理学