PsychCentral cited a UBC study which found that poor sleep can affect long-term health of teens.
“Kids who regularly had trouble falling or staying asleep were almost 2-1/2 times as likely to report sub-optimal or less than excellent health, compared to those who did not,” said study author Annalijn Conklin, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at UBC.
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