Americans Are Not Getting Enough Sleep

If you are married, white, Hispanic or Asian there is a good chance you are getting a full night’s sleep. If you are divorced, don’t have a college degree or live in the southeastern United States you are likely not getting your full seven hours of nighttime rest, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. residents are not getting their seven hours of sleep

Adults require seven hours of slumber and “as a nation we are not getting enough sleep,” said Wayne Giles, M.D., director of CDC’s Division of Population Health. One in three adults don’t get the proper amount, the study found, and this can lead...