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  • One in three people in the UK suffer from poor sleep
  • Most people need around eight hours of good quality sleep a night
  • Throughout their life, the average person spends about 26 years sleeping and around seven years trying to get to sleep
  • On average, people spend about two hours a night dreaming
  • Deep sleep coincides with the release of growth hormones in children and young adults.

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