How Basic Maths Can Lead to the Perfect Night’s Sleep

Do you get a perfect night’s sleep every day? If you are feeling tired most of the time. If you are unmotivated to start your day or if you just feel sleepy all the time in school or college, it is likely that you are getting a good sleep. In fact, the Australian government released some eye-opening statistics in 2019 that indicated that Australian students are sleep deprived.

According to the Australian Government Department of Health (ADH), children aged 5-13 years should sleep for 9 to 11 hours while adolescents aged 14-17 years can do with 8 to 10 hours. However, 25% of 12 to 15-year-olds in Australia don’t sleep for the prescribed 8 to 10 hours on school nights while that’s 50% among 16 to 17-year-olds. A quarter of students in the age-group of 12-15 years and a half of 16-17-year-olds don’t catch enough winks. Children reporting poor sleep quality went up with age – 4% for 12-13-year-olds and 16% for 16-17-year-olds. It’s more common among teenage girls.

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