DEKALB, Georgia — A recent study concluded that about 10 percent of Americans have not been getting appropriate amounts of sleep in the past month; the figure adds up to about 50-70 million people. Surveys done by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (DCD) revealed that the amount of sleep for people varies by age, and younger people are getting the least amount of sleep among the tested age groups. With subjects coming from Delaware, Hawaii, New York and Rhode Island, 13.3 percent of people between ages 18 and 34 reported that they were not getting the appropriate amounts of sleep. The figure showed higher than the 7.3 percent for adults over the age of 55. ‘It’s important to better understand how sleep impacts people’s overall health and the need to take steps to improve the sufficiency of their sleep,’ UPI quoted lead author Lela R. McKnight-Eily. Other findings from the study revealed, however, that the proper amount of sleep, which is about 7-9 hours for adults, is obtained by people upon retirement. Details from the study confirmed that an entire month of adequate sleep was most likely had by those who have stopped working, […]