I.

Introduction:
A. It is necessary to be cautious of the unhealthy ingredients in diet pills.
Sleep plays a more important role in our health than most people realize.
1. Sleep plays a key role in memory formation.
2. Lack of sleep has been linked to risky behaviors.
3. Sleep deprivation also increases likelihood of obesity.
[Note that section A is the attention catcher it provides background
information that cautions the reader to some of the reasons there are
negative effects.]
B. Thesis: People should be ensuring they get a proper amount of sleep
each night because sleep deprivation leads to harmful long lasting
effects on the body.
Dement, William C. Talking About Our Sleep Debt. Talking About Our Sleep
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II. Sleep deprivation causes a multitude of effects on health outside of feeling

exhausted.
A. Sleep deprivation negatively impacts neural plasticity. Gorgoni,
Maurizio, et al. Is Sleep Essential for Neural Plasticity in Humans, and
How Does It Affect Motor and Cognitive Recovery? Neural Plasticity,
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2017.
B. Sleep plays a role in memory formation, and not getting enough can cause
memory loss.
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Learn New Information During Sleep, vol. 15, no. 10, Oct. 2012. Psychology
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C. It also negatively affects cognitive recovery.

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and Neurodegenerative Disease. Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disruption in
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D. Another problem sleep deprivation causes is obesity. Freedman, Marian,

and Michael G Burke. Early Bedtimes May Lower Risk for Obesity.
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E. Lack of sleep impairs decision making skills, especially in teens.Wheaton,
et al., AG. Too Little Sleep Is Tied to Teenagers' Injury-Related Risky
Behaviors. Too Little Sleep Is Tied to Teenagers' Injury-Related Risky
Behaviors, June 2016. Psychology ECollection [Gale], Accessed Mar. 2017.

F. Sleep deprivation has also been known to cause depression. Ballesio,

Andrea, and Caterina Lombardo. Commentary: The Relationship
between Sleep Complaints, Depression, and Executive Functions on
Older Adults. Commentary: The Relationship between Sleep Complaints,
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G. Not getting enough sleep also puts a strain on the bodys immune system.
James-Enger, Kelly. Tired of Being Tired. Tired of Being Tired, Hidden Causes of
Fatigue- and How to Fight Them, Sept. 2011. Psychology ECollection [Gale],
Accessed Mar. 2017.
III. Over all, people need to take their sleeping habits more seriously because in
children, adolescents, and adults, through research it has been shown that
deprivation of sleep negatively impacts health in a multitude of ways.
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