Can Lack of Sleep Cause Diabetes in Teenagers

Is your teenager getting enough sleep?  Most experts recommend that teenagers get about 9 hours sleep per night.  In a study done at the University of Pittsburgh, the average teenager had 6.4 hours of sleep.  An additional hour of sleep, improved insulin resistance on average by about 9 percent.  It  is believed that insulin resistance leads to the development of Diabetes Type 2.

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