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How many sleep hours are required for a healthy body.

Recent medicine study shows that sleeping for less than 7 hours for night may be not good for your health. age per irck jolson doctor of medicine , 12 to…

Jan 9, 2023
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How many sleep hours are required for a healthy body.

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Recent medicine study shows that sleeping for less than 7 hours for night may be not good for your health.

age per irck jolson doctor of medicine , 12 to 16 hours of sleep is essential for infants is 4 to 12 months for 1 to 2 years old 11 to 14 hours of sleep is essential for 3 to 5 years old, 10 to 13 hours suggested for 6 to 12 years old, 9 to 12 Hours and 13 to 18 years and 8 to 10 hours.

aside from age other factors that contributed contribute to good or bad health includes includes sleep quality. if you are not getting enough quality sleep, if your sleep frequently interrupted then not good for health because quality and quantity of your sleep are equally important .

if you are sleep deprived your deprived you you should increase your sleep time.

according to various studies at least 7 hours of sleep is required to maintain good health. Sleeping less than 7 hours per night may be harmful for health. study conducted on British civil servants over the age of 50 discovered that those who slept for 5 hours or less had a 30% higher risk of numerous elements then those who slept for 7 hours.

in fact the study found the shortest sleep at 50 was linked to the higher risk of death.

therefore it is critical that we know the appropriate amount of sleep ourselves based on age and few more factors.

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