According to research from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston that was just published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, only about five percent of US teenagers are getting enough sleep or physical activity. They are also spending too much time on screens. The researchers said that they expected compliance to be low, but not this low. The study did not explore the impact of parenting style or home environment on the outcome, and they did not make recommendations about how to reverse this trend.

A summary of the study published at Science Daily indicates that adolescents aged 14-18 should get 10 hours of sleep per night, at least an hour of physical activity, and no more than two hours of screen time. For more information, read the Science Daily summary here.