๐Ÿ’ค Question 1

Why is sleep hygiene important for teenagers?

Explore the physical, mental, and academic reasons good sleep habits matter so much during the teenage years.

Sleep hygiene refers to good sleeping habits. Sleep hygiene and good habits are incredibly important for teenagers as it allows for the body to reset and completely restore itself to recover from the previous day and recover for the next. Specifically, sleep consolidates the memory, supports cognitive function and has serious positive mental health benefits. Memory consolidation during sleep is important because it allows short term memory to become long term memory.

Quick facts

A few statistics that reinforce why sleep hygiene matters so much for teenagers.

~70%
of Australian teenagers do not get the recommended amount of sleep each night
8โ€“10 hrs
of sleep per night is recommended for teenagers aged 13โ€“18
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more likely to report poor mental health when sleeping fewer than 7 hours per night