Our sleep changes throughout\u00a0our lives\u00a0in many different ways. <\/p>
When it comes to the amount of sleep<\/a> that we need, this tends to decrease as we get older<\/a>. Even though it may seem that teenagers need a lot of sleep, 14-year-olds to\u00a017-year-olds typically need around 8\u00a0to\u00a010 hours per night, which isn\u2019t too dissimilar to adults (7 to 9 hours per night).<\/p>\n The timing of our sleep changes as we age. During adolescence,\u00a0sleep timing becomes later, making an early bed and wake time tricky. Interestingly, this shift in sleep timing occurs in adolescents around the world and is even found in other mammals.<\/p>\n Because society is geared towards early start times<\/a>, young people often have to live out-of-sync with their natural patterns because they have to get up early to go to school during the week. If they are unable to fall asleep early, this can mean they miss out on sleep. When the weekend arrives, they have more control over their schedule, so fall asleep and wake up later. They may also attempt to \u2018catch up\u2019 on sleep lost during the school week.<\/p>\n This shift in sleep timing has been referred to as \u2018social jetlag<\/a>\u2019, as\u00a0a change in schedule can lead to jetlag-like symptoms. Social jetlag has been associated with factors including obesity and depression.<\/p>\n So where does this leave young people who are confused as to whether they should attempt to get \u2018enough sleep\u2019 or stick to a consistent routine? It is sometimes recommended that a weekend lie-in is fine, but ideally, wake time should be within two hours of that during the working week, to allow some recovery from sleep deprivation, while limiting social jetlag.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Fay Barrett, Chester<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Our sleep changes throughout\u00a0our lives\u00a0in many different ways. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26506,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep.jpg",2400,1629,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-300x204.jpg",300,204,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-768x521.jpg",768,521,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-1024x695.jpg",800,543,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-1536x1043.jpg",1536,1043,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/04\/how-our-hidden-social-jetlag-is-depriving-teens-of-vital-sleep-2048x1390.jpg",2048,1390,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Our sleep changes throughout\u00a0our lives\u00a0in many different ways.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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