Why do we need sleep?
By: Hope Gallardo
Why do we need sleep?
Have you ever wonder why do we really need sleep or why it’s so important. Well i was wondering the same thing so i did some researching to find answers. In the research that i did, was that we need sleep to survive, just like we need food, water and oxygen to survive. Our sleep affects our lifestyle and health over age of time. For example it affects our lifestyle of sleep we get by work schedules and stress. One third of our lives were asleep. Im sure it don't feel like that but that what was founded in my research. There is different numbers of hours to sleep of the age you are. So how much hours of sleep do you need?
Newborns (0-3 months) 14-17 hours
Infant (4-11 months) 12-15 hours
Toddlers (1-2 years) 11-14 hours
Preschoolers (3-5 years) 10-13 hours
School age children (6-13 years) 9-11 hours
Teenagers (14-17 years) 8-10 hours
Younger adults (18-25 years) 7-9 hours
Adults (26-64 years) 7-9 hours
Older adults (65+ years) 7-8 years