Although the Equal Protection Clause does not offer protection against discriminatory laws promulgated by the president, Congress, or federal administrative agencies, the Supreme Court has interpreted the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment to provide such protection (Bolling v.
Teenagers (14 to 17 years): 8 to 10 hours of sleep. Young adults (18 to 25 years): 7 to 9 hours of sleep. Adults (26 to 64 years): 7 to 9 hours of sleep. Older adults (65 years or older): 7 to 8 hours of sleep. Although most men and women need about seven to eight hours of sleep per night, their sleep patterns are generally different.
(Previously, the National Sleep Foundation had a single sleep recommendation for all adults.) To come up with the recommendations, a panel of experts reviewed more than 300 scientific studies on sleep â including studies of the health effects of getting too little or too much sleep â that were published between 2004 and 2014. Here are the new recommended sleep duration ranges for each age group: Newborns (up to 3 months old): 14 to 17 hours a day. (Previously, the recommendation was 12 to 18 hours daily.) Infants (4 to 11 months): 12 to 15 hours.