He or she might start by checking your weight and height, as well as your blood pressure and maybe your temperature. 1  Blood pressure: This shows how hard your heart is pumping blood throughout your body. A cuff that gets tighter and tighter on your arm is used to measure this.
And people who sleep 8 hr. or more, or less than 6.5 hr., they don't live quite as long. There is just as much risk associated with sleeping too long as with sleeping too short. The big surprise is that long sleep seems to start at 8 hr. Sleeping 8.5 hr. might really be a little worse than sleeping 5 hr.
Teenagers need a minimum of 9 hours of sleep a night, yet the average teen. gets about six - 7 hours a night! Many believe this âsleep debtâ can be made up. on weekends by sleeping in late. Not so says the research. Your body and brain. do not adjust to lack of sleep and sleep is not an option, itâs a need. Teenagers need a minimum of 9 hours of sleep a night! Approximately every 90-minutes during sleep, the brain goes through four stages. of sleep, from light sleep to deep sleep.