Additionally, school feeding programs are increasingly being viewed as a potential safety net and as a social support measure that helps keep children in school.
The first REM sleep period usually occurs about 70 to 90 minutes after we fall asleep. A complete sleep cycle takes 90 to 110 minutes on average. The first sleep cycles each night contain relatively short REM periods and long periods of deep sleep.
What many regard as the most exciting stage of sleep, REM sleep is the stage where dreams occur. This connection between REM sleep and dreaming was first made in 1953 by our own Dr. Dement, as well as his fellow student Eugene Aserinsky and their teacher Nathaniel Kleitman.