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Lack of Sleep for Women
Wednesday
May 30, 2001
Screaming kids, snoring husbands, and demanding jobs all take their toll on women across America.
Cari Harty is like more than 50-percent of American women: Desperately seeking a good night’s sleep.
Harty says, “Between having newborns and having a two year old there's not a lot of opportunity for long periods of sleep."
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According to a new study by the national sleep foundation 90-percent of Americans aren't getting the recommended eight hours a night snooze time. Especially women who average a yawn-inducing six hours and 41 minutes of sleep each night.
Stanford University sleep specialist William Dement says our “24/7 society” puts sleep behind just about everything: work, school, family, and even the TV and the computer.
Women, Dement says, are on the front line when it comes to poor sleep. He says, “It's usually the wife who has to lose more sleep to take care of children who wake up at night or to get things done."
But sleep deprivation comes with a price. Besides feeling tired, cranky, and mentally fuzzy, it can actually make you sick, depressed, and raise your blood pressure. It can also make you fat by impairing your metabolism and ability to process carbohydrates. Less sleep also equals less sex. Fifty-two percent of Americans say they spend less time having sex than they did five years ago.
Some tips for getting your forty winks? Make sleep a priority. Make your bedroom dark, cool, and comfortable. Use a sound blanket like a fan that will block out random noises.
Take your snoring mate to a sleep specialist. Finally, turn off the TV and let the dreams begin!
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