Sleepless Society.

Discusses research on sleep and sleep deprivation in the United States. Finding that long-term sleep debt could be a factor in the national epidemics of diabetes and obesity; Topic of compensating for sleep debt with naps; Description of the stages of sleep and hormones secreted during sleep; Need for sleep to maintain emotional, cognitive, and immunological health. INSETS: Today's kids: overscheduled and overtired, by Katy Kelly;It's tricky getting a baby to sleep like one, by Janet Rae....