Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Sleep-deprived teens engage in more risky behavior

MSNBC (Atlanta, GA) September 26, 2011


"The two-thirds of U.S. teenagers who get less than eight hours of sleep on school nights are more likely to smoke, drink and fight, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a survey of more than 12,000 teens, 68.9 percent reported that they sleep less than eight hours on an average school night.
In 10 of 11 categories, those students were more likely to engage in risky behavior than students who sleep more than eight hours on school nights, the study found." Read More

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