LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As we prepare to switch our clocks back an hour on Sunday, doctors say you may also want to think about ways to improve your sleeping habits, particularly since nearly 40% of adults in the United States are sleep deprived, according to the Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

“When we’re getting consistently under seven hours every night, we put our bodies and brains at risk for a host of adverse medical consequences down the road. We want to make sure that we’re not setting ourselves up to be chronically sleep deprived, and so that means at least seven hours for adults and more than that for kids and teens,” said Nancy Foldvary, MD, sleep specialist at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Foldvary said we can adopt several healthy habits to get better like, such as not eating or e

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