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Daniella Coffaro

Importance of Sleep. Daniella Coffaro. What is Sleep?. Sleep gives the body a rest and allows it to prepare for the next day. Gives your brain a chance to sort things out. Brain stores information. Why do we Sleep?. Sleep is necessary for you brain and body

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Daniella Coffaro

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  1. Importance of Sleep DaniellaCoffaro

  2. What is Sleep? • Sleep gives the body a rest and allows it to prepare for the next day. • Gives your brain a chance to sort things out. • Brain stores information

  3. Why do we Sleep? • Sleep is necessary for you brain and body • Sleep loss can contribute to health problems: • Weight gain • High blood pressure • Decrease in the immune systems power

  4. Health Problems • Learning & memory: sleep helps brain commit new information to memory • Safety: fall asleep during the day time which may cause medical errors or accidents • Mood: irritability, impatience, too tired to do the things you need to do • Cardiovascular health: increased stressed and irregular heartbeat

  5. Signs of Sleepiness • Irritability • Moodiness • Slowed speech • Flattened emotional responses • Impaired memory • Inability to multitask

  6. Amount of Sleep Needed • Everyone’s individual sleep needs vary • Most healthy adults: -16 hours of wakefulness -average 8 hours of sleep a night • Some can function after only 6 hours of sleep • Others can’t preform at their peak unless they’ve slept 10 hours

  7. Vital to Academic Success • Sleep loss interferes with learning in schools • 15% admit to falling asleep in class • Alert students are sensitive to the amount of work they need to do to finish their tasks • Those who sleep after learning a task did better on tests • College students who pull “all-nighters” are likely to have a lower GPA • Sleep deprivation connects students with poor grades

  8. Techniques to Falling Asleep • Keep regular sleep/wake schedule • Don’t drink/eat caffeine 4-6 hours before bed • Avoid alcohol & heavy meals before sleep • Exercise regularly • Minimize noise, light & excessive hot/cold temperatures where you sleep • Try and wake up without an alarm clock • Attempt bed earlier every night • Limit naps during the day

  9. Everyone needs to Sleep • Without sleep you cannot focus, pay attention, or respond quickly! • Sleep is essential for a persons health and wellbeing • Sleepiness takes a toll on effective decision making • Sleep affects mood which causes inability to concentrate

  10. “Sleep is not a luxury, It’s a necessity for optimal functioning” -Dr James O’brien.

  11. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to give people an understanding about how importance sleep really is; especially college students. Some people do not realize how much sleepiness can affect everything else they do and it is very necessary to live a healthy lifestyle. This PowerPoint will inform the viewer of how much sleep they should be getting and what can happen if they don’t acknowledge those hours. Someone may never know how important sleep is until they understand the risks of not sleeping and how it will affect them. I wanted to emphasize how sleep should not be overlooked and I used different pictures to represent that.

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