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Rate Your Energy

Remember when you were a child and bursting with energy? What a difference a few decades make! Most adults feel tired some of the time. But often we do the wrong things in our efforts to regain energy.

I often feel tired by mid-afternoon, so I give myself energy by having coffee, soda or a candy bar.

True

False
I use my evenings to recuperate from my busy day, and usually watch TV or lie down early.

True

False
I sleep eight hours on most nights.

True

False
I feel under stress more than usual lately.

True

False
I'm so busy that I have no time to exercise.

True

False

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on October 21, 2008

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SOURCE: Understanding Stress, a healthy lifestyles fact sheet from the University of Michigan Health System, March 2001. Hall, M. Psychosomatic Medicine vol 66(1): pp 56-62. National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America poll 2002

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