"I eventually started skipping my 9 a.m. class," Bass says. "I also started eating lunch as my first meal."
Ask Your Doctor
"Sleep is a concern spanning all college students; it's one of the health issues students deal with," says Michael Hoyt, a health educator at UHS's Center for Wellness.
Neurologists are still baffled by how sleep operates within the body, or even what its exact function is.
But all agree that it is impossible to maintain proper mental and physical function without adequate rest.
The number of hours of sleep necessary varies between different individuals. On average, however, a teenager should sleep about nine hours nightly, says Dr. Helene A. Emsellem, a neurologist with the Sleep Disorder Center in Washington, D.C.
Only a tiny number of students get that much sleep on a regular basis. The problem is compounded when students skip meals to catch extra time in bed.
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