A healthy adult, from ages 16 to 38 or so can get by on about 4 hours of sleep a night. However, it is reccomend you get from 6 to 7 hours of sleep. 8 hours of sleep was mandated for many years, but found to be non optimal.
Children under the age of 16 should get at least 8 hours of sleep or more. Infants and toddlers, preschoolers and such should get more than 10-12 hours of sleep per day.
Older adults from ages 38is to 60 should get about 8 to 10 hours of sleep per day to help their bodies recoup the daily losses.
Older people, from ages 60+ should usualy get from 10-12 hours of sleep a day to help recoup the losses.
Mind you these are optimal hours, the range can be decreased and increased based on the activeness of the person.
2005-12-11 02:38:17 UTC
im going on 2 hours lol
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