About this Session:
Sleep affects virtually every tissue in our bodies, growth and stress hormones, the immune system, appetite, breathing, blood pressure, and cardiovascular health. Despite its massive importance to our overall health, the US is facing an epidemic of sleeplessness. It's only recently that we?ve begun to scratch the surface of how lack of sleep is hurting us. Hear how biometric data can help people make personal lifestyle choices that can benefit sleep outcomes, why employers are looking at sleep and recovery as an unlock for their employees to promote wellbeing and performance and what led the American Heart Association to update its guidelines this year to include sleep in its cardiovascular checklist.