How much is enough? If you're talking about sleep

Focuses on miscellaneous facts about health and nutrition. Average length of sleep; Double Income, No Sex (DINS) dilemma of couples; Americans' daily consumption of fruits and vegetables; May as the National Mental Health Month.

By PT Staff, published on May 01, 1996

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How much is enough? If you're talking about sleepthe answer seems to be eightand a half hours. That's how long the typical person snoozed when researchers let them stay in bed as long as they liked. Most U.S. adults make do with about seven and a halt hours per night . . . If work is leaving you and your spouse with too little time for romance, you're not alone: researchers are calling this the DINS dilemma--Double Income, No Sex . . . In light of our cover story on food and the brain it's worth noting that Americans consume 4.3 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Trouble is, nearly a tenth of that is french fries. . .And finally, we'd be remiss if we faired to mention that May is National Mental Health Month. So why not take the time to make sure that you and your loved ones are mentally fit?