Sleep & stress
How much sleep adults need, what is known about sleep and appetite, habits that help you sleep, and ways to cope with stress that do not make things harder.
- Better Sleep Habits: Practical Steps From Public Health Advice
The sleep habits recommended by the NHS, the CDC and the WHO: a regular routine, a calm wind-down, a dark, quiet and cool bedroom, caffeine, alcohol and meal timing, daytime activity, what to do when you cannot sleep and when to see a GP.
- How Much Sleep Do Adults Need? What the CDC, NIH and NHS Say
Recommended hours of sleep for adults, older adults, teenagers and children from the CDC and the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, why quality and timing matter as well as hours, signs you are short of sleep and when to see a doctor.
- Sleep, Appetite and Weight: What Public Health Sources Say
What the NIH, the NIDDK and the CDC say about the links between short sleep, hunger hormones, blood sugar and weight, what the evidence can and cannot show, and why better sleep is worth pursuing for its own sake.
- Stress, Eating and Everyday Habits: Coping Without Making Things Harder
How stress affects sleep, appetite and energy according to the WHO and the NIH, why some ways of coping backfire, the practical steps recommended by the NHS and the WHO, and when stress or anxiety needs professional help.
