Sleep disorders and Sleep Awareness Week. Sleep disorders and Sleep Awareness Week. The United States is now number 1 in the world. Sleep must be considered as a necessity rather than an expendable. Well over half of school children suffer from excessive sleepiness , and there is a correlation between sleep deprivation and poor grades.
Sleep disorders are serious, and their prevalence is increasing.
Nor are women and children immune. It is aggravated by obesity, and the escalating prevalence of obesity in the U.S. means that the problem is likely to get worse rather than better. Over one half of adults complain of frequent insomnia. Sleep disorders are eminently treatable in the vast majority of cases . Sleep disorders are typically overlooked, ignored or misdiagnosed.