The Huffington Post – Nathania Johnson
“According to the CDC, as many as 70 percent of high school students do not get enough sleep. For decades, information about the importance of sleep has been targeted at parents and school boards. But now, Stanford University’s Center for Sleep Sciences is attempting to tackle the issue by taking their message directly to teens…At Menlo-Atherton High School, students from Stanford are educating teens about the value of sleep, hoping to turn them into “Sleep Ambassadors” who will in turn educate their peers about the profound value of shut-eye…Adolescents experience changes in their circadian rhythms, which shifts their sleep schedules two hours later. Early school start times interrupt the most valuable time of sleep…Meanwhile, Stanford’s efforts to educate teens on the importance of sleep seems to be working.”(more)