Depending on Age, Recommended Sleep Ranges from Seven to 17 Hours
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Imagine sleeping as much as 17 hours a day.
That would literally be sleeping your life away but for a newborn, it’s pretty standard.
The National Sleep Foundation has just issued its latest sleep recommendations for Americans, and the suggested amount of sleep for an infant up until three-months-old is 14 to 17 hours daily and then, 12 to 15 hours until they turn one.
In both cases, the previous recommended hours of sleep were 12 to 18 hours and 14 to 15 hours, respectively.
Other National Sleep Foundation recommendations include 11 to 14 hours of shuteye for one-and-two-year-olds, ten to 13 hours for three-to-five-year-olds, nine to 11 hours for kids through the age of 13 and eight-ten hours for teens.
The NSF recommends seven to nine hours of sleep daily for people ages 18 through 64 and seven to eight hours for adults 65 and older.
The foundation determined its sleep duration recommendations after consulting sleep experts and physicians from various fields, including pediatrics, neurology and gerontology.
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