PEDIATRICS· 2014Q1
Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences
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Short summary
Chronic sleep loss in adolescents and young adults threatens academic success, health, and safety, representing a significant public health issue.
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Key points
- Chronic sleep loss in adolescents is a major public health concern impacting academic performance, health, and safety.
- Factors contributing to sleep loss include increased electronic media use and caffeine consumption.
- Health consequences of insufficient sleep encompass depression, elevated obesity risk, and increased drowsy driving accidents.
- Later school start times are explored as a potential strategy to alleviate adolescent sleepiness.
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Abstract
Chronic sleep loss and associated sleepiness and daytime impairments in adolescence are a serious threat to the academic success, health, and safety of our nation's youth and an important public health issue. Understanding the extent and potential short- and long-term repercussions of sleep restriction, as well as the unhealthy sleep practices and environmental factors that contribute to sleep loss in adolescents, is key in setting public policies to mitigate these effects and in counseling patients and families in the clinical setting. This report reviews the current literature on sleep patterns in adolescents, factors contributing to chronic sleep loss (ie, electronic media use, caffeine consumption), and health-related consequences, such as depression, increased obesity risk, and higher rates of drowsy driving accidents. The report also discusses the potential role of later school start times as a means of reducing adolescent sleepiness.
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Field: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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