One in Ten Americans Are Chronically Sleep Deprived

Posted by Zonk on Sunday March 2, 2008 @11:20PM from the good-thing-no-one-reading-this-works-a-high-stress-job dept.

WirePosted writes "A CDC research study released this past week indicates that the physical and mental health of many Americans is being adversely affected by a lack of sleep. According to the study, a part of the organization's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, one in ten US citizens are consistently failing to get enough sleep every night. Almost 40% of the people surveyed didn't get enough sleep for more than a week every month. The article notes that this trend can have far-ranging implications for health beyond simple fatigue."

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Re:Kids and trying to catch up, keep me awake by Seumas · 2008-03-03 01:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Well, the first solution would be not to screw up your life by having kids... obviously. But the second solution would be to do like most families did when I was a kid (though not mine) and put the kids to bed by about 8pm.

Also, I don't know what Death Note is, but your kids are going to be fine regardless of what they watch. I watched Nightmare on Elmstreet and Poltergeist at four years old and I haven't killed anyone.