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Among high school students, 72.7% reported insufficient sleep, with about 20% reporting sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night.Among middle school students, 57.8% reported insufficient sleep, with nearly 12% reporting sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night.Students were asked to estimate how many hours of sleep they got on an "average school night," with researchers looking for the prevalence of responses that fell below American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommendations for at least 9-12 hours per 24 hours for children aged 6-12, and 8-10 hours per 24 for children aged 13-18. The agency, which found a similar trend among middle school-aged children, warns that insufficient sleep can increase the risk for a host of health problems including obesity, diabetes, and injury.ĬDC's findings are based on results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) administered in 2015 to high school students in 30 states and 16 large urban school districts, and to middle school students in 9 states and 7 large urban districts.
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More than 2 out of 3 high school-aged adolescents aren't getting enough sleep, and the situation seems to be getting worse, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).