How much sleep should each age group get every night?

Answer 1

The amount of sleep each person needs depends on many factors, including age.

Infants generally require about 16 hours a day, while teenagers need about 9 hours on average. For most adults, 7 to 8 hours a night appears to be the best amount of sleep, although some people may need as few as 5 hours or as many as 10 hours of sleep each day.

Women in the first 3 months of pregnancy often need several more hours of sleep than usual. The amount of sleep a person needs also increases if he or she has been deprived of sleep in previous days. Getting too little sleep creates a "sleep debt," which is much like being overdrawn at a bank. Eventually, your body will demand that the debt be repaid.

We don't seem to adapt to getting less sleep than we need; while we may get used to a sleep-depriving schedule, our judgment, reaction time, and other functions are still impaired.

Answer 2

you must take 8 hours sleep at night to have a healthy sleep.... 8 hours okey

Answer 3

experts say that until you are an adult, children need to sleep anywhere from 10-12 hours