8 hour of sleep every night is more than enough for your body to get rest. That’s how everyone talks and it is now considered as rule. We all know this, but have you ever asked yourself did all people on different seniority (adults, teens, children) need the same hours of sleep.
This issue has been analyzed recently and after that the National Sleep Foundation came out with new guidelines of the hour of sleep required on different age groups. To this they also added a new category of sleep times that is not recommended but that can be accepted in some cases.
These are the new recommendations for sleep hours of NSF based on age:
- Newborns (0-3 months): 14-17 hours (range narrowed from 12-18)
- Infants (4-11 months): 12-15 hours (range widened from 14-15)
- Toddlers (1-2 years): 11-14 hours (range widened from 12-14)
- Preschoolers (3-5): 10-13 hours (range widened from 11-13)
- School-Age Children (6-13): 9-11 hours (range widened from 10-11)
- Teenagers (14-17): 8-10 hours (range widened from 8.5-9.5)
- Young Adults (18-25): 7-9 hours (new age category)
- Adults (26-64): 7-9 hours (no change)
- Older Adults (65+): 7-8 hours (new age category)
Most of the people being too busy can’t get the enough 7-9 hour of sleep, if you are one of them we recommend you to read the 6 Reasons You’re Not Getting a Good Night’s Sleep in which you can find some strategies how to improve your sleep.
These recommendations are based on different studies related to health and sleep. That is what the people from the foundation said.
Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD, chairman of the board of the National Sleep Foundation stated “This is the first time that any professional organization has developed age-specific scientific literature relating sleep duration to health, performance, and safety,” and also added that “The National Sleep Foundation is providing these scientifically grounded guidelines on the amount of sleep we need each night to improve the sleep health of the millions of individuals and parents who rely on us for this information.”
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