# Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: a joint consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society

Watson NF, Badr MS, Belenky G, et al. · Sleep 38(6):843–844 · 2015



## Key finding

Adults should sleep ≥7 h per night on a regular basis; <7 h is associated with weight gain, diabetes, hypertension, depression and mortality.



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