Why Black Women Need More Sleep, ASAP

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that one third of Americans are clocking fewer than the seven to nine hours of snooze time advised for adults. Poor quality of sleep plagues Black women even more than our counterparts and undermines our overall health. 'Blacks and Latinos tend to be poor sleepers, getting fewer than six hours on average per night—which is not enough, because poor sleepers are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease,' explains Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D., professor of population health and psychiatry at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Lack of shut-eye is also linked to diabetes, obesity, depression and a host of other chronic illnesses."