Changing national trends in sleep duration: did we make America sleep again?

[摘要] Short sleep duration has been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes including poor physical health, mental health, and accidents [1, 2]. Despite recommendations from professional organizations that adults sleep at least 7 hr per night [3–5], data from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) indicate that only 65.2 per cent of Americans are achieving this goal [6]. It has been hypothesized that a wide range of societal changes including increasing work hours, longer commuting times, and growing use of electronics have led to the rising prevalence of insufficient sleep, which in turn may be contributing to growing epidemics in obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases [7, 8].

[学科分类] 生理学