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Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency [2] or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support decent alertness, performance, and health.
One researcher found only getting five hours of sleep a night or pulling an all-nighter is the same as drinking four or more drinks. You're also more likely to get sick.
Is five hours of sleep enough? Doctors explain how much sleep you need, quality sleep basics, health effects of sleeping 5 hours and tips for better sleep.
There are very rare exceptions: people called “short-sleepers,” who can function well and don’t face any health consequences despite sleeping only four hours or less each night, Dr. Bhanu ...
Sleep debt or sleep deficit is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt may lead to mental or physical fatigue, and can adversely affect one's mood, energy, and ability to think clearly. There are two kinds of sleep debt: the result of partial sleep deprivation, and of total sleep deprivation.
As sleep time decreased over time from the 1950s to 2000s from about 8.5 hours to 6.5 hours, there has been an increase in the prevalence of obesity from about 10% to about 23%. [2] Weight gain itself may also lead to a lack of sleep as obesity can negatively affect quality of sleep, as well as increase risk of sleeping disorders such as sleep ...
Even though the NIH recommends that adults get seven to nine hours of shuteye a night, many of us get far less. 27 horrible things that happen if you don't get enough sleep Skip to main content
Randy Gardner (born c. 1946) is an American man from San Diego, California, who once held the record for the longest amount of time a human has gone without sleep.In December 1963/January 1964, 17-year-old Gardner stayed awake for 11 days and 24 minutes (264.4 hours), breaking the previous record of 260 hours held by Tom Rounds.