Getting enough sleep is important. Lack of sleep, or sleep deprivation, is linked to a myriad of health problems, including weight-gain, dizziness, diabetes, nausea, muscle ache, and psychological effects like hallucinations, irritability, memory loss, and Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Treatments for sleep deprivation, aside from increasing sleep time, involve taking frequent naps or the more risky option of consuming stimulants like caffeine.
Sufficient sleep is important for people of all ages, but a new study in the journal Sleep claims teenagers not getting enough sleep are more likely to eat more fatty foods throughout the day.
For the study, 240 teenagers, ages 16 to 19, involved in a larger study on sleep habits and health, had their sleep tracked using wrist monitors and then were asked to list the foods they’d eaten the last 24 hours.
The teens averaged 7.5 hours of sleep each weeknight, only one-third of participants slept for eight hours or more; the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s recommendation for this age group.
In the end, data showed sleep-deprived teenagers ate about 2% more of their daily calories from fat and were more likely to get their calories from snacks.
Extreme cases of sleep deprivation have also been shown to cause psychosis.
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