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Schmid, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - America is raising a nation of ba href=/sleep/a/b-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shuteye on school nights and more than one in four reporting dozing off in class.

Many are arriving late to school because of overba href=/sleep/a/bing and others are driving drowsy, according to a poll released Tuesday by the National ba href=/sleep/a/b Foundation.

"In the competition between the natural tendency to stay up late and early school start times, a teen's ba href=/sleep/a/b is what loses out," said Jodi A.

Mindell of St.

Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

"Sending students to school without enough ba href=/sleep/a/b is like sending them to school without breakfast.

ba href=/sleep/a/b serves not only a restorative function for adolescents' bodies and brains, but it is also a key time when they process what they've learned during the day." said Mindell, associate director of the ba href=/sleep/a/b Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

School-age children and teenagers should get at least nine hours of ba href=/sleep/a/b a day, according to the National Center on ba href=/sleep/a/b Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health.

The poll found that sixth-graders were ba href=/sleep/a/bing an average of 8.4 hours on school nights and 12th-graders just 6.9 hours.

Without enough ba href=/sleep/a/b, a person has trouble focusing and responding quickly, according to NIH.

The agency said there is growing evidence linking a chronic lack of ba href=/sleep/a/b with an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, h...

...ba href=/sleep/a/b and settle into life in New Zealand again," media reports quoted Clark as saying in Wellington.She said the government had supported Sooden's family throughout his ordeal, and added: "I'm sure we'd wish those services to be available to Sooden too."Sooden was whisked away from the Auckland airport as soon as he flew in, out of sight from the media and friends who had gathered to welcome him.

He was later filmed arriving home, according to news reports.Although he has refrained from talking to the media, his sister Preety Brewer told One News: "He is looking forward to seeing his niece again and catching up on some much-needed ba href=/sleep/a/b."New Zealand's ministry of foreign affairs and trade has, however, said he will be available to talk to the media Friday afternoon.Born and raised in Zambia, Sooden, a Sikh of Indian descent, studied electrical engineering at McGill University in Montreal.

In the course of his studies, he obtained Canadian citizenship.

In April 2003, he moved to join his family in Auckland, New Zealand.Currently enrolled as a Master's student in English literature at the University of Auckland, he is also a member of the University of Auckland chapter of the Students for Justice in Palestine, a group that campaigns for the Palestinian cause.

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...ba href=/sleep/a/b during weekWASHINGTON - America is raising a nation of ba href=/sleep/a/b-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shuteye on school nights and more than one in four reporting dozing off in class.Many are arriving late to school because of overba href=/sleep/a/bing and others are driving drowsy, according to a poll released Tuesday by the National ba href=/sleep/a/b Foundation."In the competition between the natural tendency to stay up late and early school start times, a teen's ba href=/sleep/a/b is what loses out," said Jodi A.

Mindell of St.

Joseph's University in Philadelphia."Sending students to school without enough ba href=/sleep/a/b is like sending them to school without breakfast.

ba href=/sleep/a/b serves not only a restorative function for adolescents' bodies and brains, but it is also a key time when they process what they've learned during the day." said Mindell, associate director of the ba href=/sleep/a/b Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.Nine hours each night recommendedSchool-age children and teenagers should get at least nine hours of ba href=/sleep/a/b a day, according to the National Center on ba href=/sleep/a/b Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health.The poll found that sixth-graders were ba href=/sleep/a/bing an average of 8.4 hours on school nights and 12th-graders just 6.9 hours.Without enough ba href=/sleep/a/b, a person has trouble focusing and responding quickly, according to NIH.

The agency said there is growing evidence linking a chronic lack of ba href=/sleep/a/b with an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and infe...