REF-1068 · Paruthi et al., 2016 · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, · Paper · PubMed

Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Sleep is essential for optimal health in children and adolescents, and AASM members used a modified RAND Appropriateness Method to set consensus amounts of sleep by age; the abstract itself does not state the recommended hours

Astrong evidenceMeasured on a mixed groupWritten before October 2026, being re-checked

A short summary of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) consensus on how much sleep children and adolescents need to promote optimal health.

The abstract states that the recommendations were developed with a modified RAND Appropriateness Method, are summarised in this paper, and that a separate manuscript detailing the conference proceedings and the supporting evidence would be published in the same journal. Abstract only was read; the abstract does not list the recommended amounts.

Key Findings

Using a modified RAND Appropriateness Method, AASM members reached consensus on how much sleep children and adolescents need for optimal health.
Sleep is essential for optimal health in children and adolescents.
The recommendations are summarised in this paper; a manuscript detailing the conference proceedings and the evidence supporting the recommendations was to follow in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
The abstract gives no recommended hours for any age group.

Practical Application

"How much sleep does my teenage racer need?" There is a national sleep-medicine consensus on exactly that question — the American Academy of Sleep Medicine set recommended amounts of sleep by age for children and adolescents (Paruthi 2016, A) — but its abstract does not state the hours, and this entry does not carry them. Say that the consensus exists and that teenagers have their own age-based recommendation; do not quote an hour figure from this entry.
Sleep comes before extra training in a teenager's week: the consensus frames sleep as essential for optimal health in children and adolescents, not as a performance add-on.
Not from this paper; the base's own practice: sleep for the teenage rider is part of SYNTH-81; what short or poor sleep does to athletes is REF-205, REF-972 and the acute sleep-loss meta-analysis REF-204 (adults); travel and jet lag are REF-605.

Limitations

The abstract contains no recommendation values; the hour ranges, the age bands and the evidence are in the body and the separate proceedings paper, neither read here.
General paediatric population, not athletes; it says nothing about extra sleep need from training load.
Consensus by appropriateness method rests on expert rating of the evidence; the abstract gives no evidence grades.
Abstract only was read; nothing from the full text is used.
How this entry was checked and changed
Why this level

major consensus statement (rubric A); note the abstract carries no recommendation values, so the entry carries only the existence and method of the consensus