Break the fake- Sleep problems in teens

  1. First, I searched up the topic on Snopes and I couldn’t find anything on the topic.

2. I looked into the page about the website and I found that it is by an organization called Nemours foundation.

3. Next, I tried to search up the foundation on Snopes but it led me to another dead end but when I googled it I found that it is really an organization that is known.

4.  I looked into the doctors that control the website and that add facts to them and found that they are indeed certified, doctors.

5. Finally, I searched up the main point in the article and found that the main fact was indeed true. Then I searched up the writer of the article and he seemed like a legit doctor that works in a children’s hospital.

 

 

This article is about the reasons and facts about why teenagers might feel like they don’t feel tired until later in the night. There are other things that it talks about like sleeping disorders but the main reason I was interested in this article was I heard of something that causes us to feel tired later in the night. I found in the article that it is called circadian rhythm. What happens is that the brain hormone that produces the hormone melatonin is released later in the night than kids and adults. so basically that is why teenagers might feel like they can’t sleep early and why they are so tired in the morning.

One thought on “Break the fake- Sleep problems in teens

  1. Hi Nour, please start by sharing the article and why you decided to verify it. Were there any suspicious things listed in the article? Also, Snopes.com is a place to check the validity of an article not to verify your source.

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