Sleep is integral to our day to day function, but most of us are not having enough of it!
The amount of sleep each one of us needs depends on many factors, including age and the sleep (s)he had in the previous days. For example, while a teen needs minimum 9 hours of sleep, an infant needs minimum 16 hours of sleep a day! For adults the best amount of sleep is 7-8 hours a day.
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