The CDC has called insufficient sleep a public health epidemic — poor sleep habits can increase your risk for obesity while healthy sleep habits are considered key to brain and heart health, according to the American Heart Association. A recent study found more than seven out of ten Americans don’t get restorative rest. The author of that study, Rebecca Robbins, a sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School, joined TODAY to help Savannah Guthrie — and all of us — learn more about how well we sleep. Take the quiz to get your sleep score.
Scoring: A response of 7-9 = HEALTHY, everything else NOT HEALTHY.
Scoring: A response of 7-9 = HEALTHY, everything else NOT HEALTHY.
Scoring: A response of “Not during the past month” or “Less than once per week” = HEALTHY, everything else NOT HEALTHY.
Scoring: A response of “Not during the past month” or “Less than once per week” = HEALTHY, everything else NOT HEALTHY.
Scoring: A response of “three or more times per week” or “Once or twice per week” = HEALTHY, everything else NOT HEALTHY.
Need help with your sleep like Savannah? Robbins previously shared these strategies with TODAY:
If you’re worried about how well you sleep, Robbins suggests talking to your doctor or seeing a sleep specialist.