https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273418664_National_Sleep_Foundation%27s_sleep_time_duration_recommendations_Methodology_and_results_summary
Hard to locate a free to view copy of this *important* paper :)
The panel agreed to the following age categories:
•Newborn: 0-3 months
•Infant: 4-11 months
•Toddler: 1-2 years
•Preschooler: 3-5 years
•School-age: 6-13 years
•Teenager: 14-17 years
•Young adult: 18-25 years
•Adult: 26-64 years
•Older adult: =65 years
Results and recommendations:
Newborns 0-3 months 14 - 17 hrs
Infants 4-11 months 12 to 15 hrs
Toddlers1-2 y 11 to 14 hrs
Preschoolers 3-5 y 10 to 13 hrs
Schoolaged 6-13 y 9 to 11 hrs
Teenagers14-17 y 8 to10 hrs
Young adults18-25 y 7 to 9 hrs
Adults26-64 y 7 to 9 hrs
Older adults 65 y 7 to 8 hrs
Researchers: Max Hirshkowitz, PhD, Kaitlyn Whiton, MHSc, Steven M.
Albert, PhD,CathyAlessi,MDe,Oliviero Bruni, MD, Lydia DonCarlos, PhD,
Nancy Hazen, PhD, John Herman, PhD, Eliot S. Katz, MD,Leila Kheirandish-Gozal, MD, MSc, David N. Neubauer, MD,AnneE.O’Donnell, MD,Maurice Ohayon, MD, DSc, PhD, John Peever, PhD, Robert Rawding,
PhD,Ramesh C. Sachdeva, MD, PhD, JD, Belinda Setters, MD, Michael V. Vitiello, PhD,J. Catesby Ware, PhD, Paula J. Adams Hillard, MD
Lotta PhD's there :)
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