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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877308/

Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus
Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Sleep is essential for optimal health in children and adolescents.
Members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine developed consensus recommendations for the amount of sleep needed to promote optimal
health in children and adolescents using a modified RAND
Appropriateness Method. The recommendations are summarized here.

CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS

Infants* 4 months to 12 months should sleep 12 to 16 hours per 24
hours (including naps) on a regular basis to promote optimal health.

Children 1 to 2 years of age should sleep 11 to 14 hours per 24 hours (including naps) on a regular basis to promote optimal health.

Children 3 to 5 years of age should sleep 10 to 13 hours per 24 hours (including naps) on a regular basis to promote optimal health.

Children 6 to 12 years of age should sleep 9 to 12 hours per 24 hours
on a regular basis to promote optimal health.

Teenagers 13 to 18 years of age should sleep 8 to 10 hours per 24
hours on a regular basis to promote optimal health.

Sleeping the number of recommended hours on a regular basis is
associated with better health outcomes including: improved attention,
behavior, learning, memory, emotional regulation, quality of life, and
mental and physical health.

Regularly sleeping fewer than the number of recommended hours is
associated with attention, behavior, and learning problems.
Insufficient sleep also increases the risk of accidents, injuries, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and depression. Insufficient sleep in teenagers is associated with increased risk of self-harm, suicidal
thoughts, and suicide attempts.

Regularly sleeping more than the recommended hours may be associated
with adverse health outcomes such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity,
and mental health problems.

Parents who are concerned that their child is sleeping too little or
too much should consult their healthcare provider for evaluation of a
possible sleep disorder.

Researchers: Shalini Paruthi, MD, Lee J. Brooks, MD, Carolyn
D'Ambrosio, MD,Wendy A. Hall, PhD, RN, Suresh Kotagal, MD,Robin M.
Lloyd, MD,Beth A. Malow, MD, MS, Kiran Maski, MD, Cynthia Nichols,
PhD, Stuart F. Quan, MD, Carol L. Rosen, MD, Matthew M. Troester, DO,
and Merrill S. Wise, MD

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