A new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggests that children who slept for around seven hours or less at around 9 years of age had more than two and a half times higher likelihood of having insomnia in young adulthood (age 24 on average), in comparison with individuals who had normal sleep during childhood.

Participants who had insomnia during adolescence (age 16 on average) were found to have a five and a half times higher likelihood of worsening of symptoms into adult insomnia, when compared with adolescents who slept normally. Authors stated that this is the first long-term study that explains the developmental trajectories of childhood insomnia symptoms into adulthood through both subjective and objective measures… (CNN, February 18, 2022)