Applying Typography, Layout and Design Strategies to a Text
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Headings
What Causes Sleep?
Sleep-wake Homeostasis
Factors that Influence Sleep and Wakefulness
Sleep Phases and Stages
The Importance of Sleep
Healthy Brain Function and Emotional Well-Being
Physical Health
Sleep and Growth
Lists
Factors that influence a persons sleep and wakefulness:
Medical conditions
Medications
Stress
Sleep environment,
Foods and fluids consumed
Exposure to light
Three Stages of Non-REM Sleep:
Stage 1: The transition between wakefulness and sleep
Stage 2: The initiation of the sleep phase
Stage 3: The deep sleep or slow-wave sleep stage is based on a pattern that appears during measurements of brain activity. Individuals spend the most amount of sleep time in this stage during the early part of the night. (Note that the previously considered 4th stage of non-REM sleep is now included within Stage 3).
Why is Sleep Important?
Sleep plays a vital role in good health and well-being
Sleep helps the brain work properly
Ongoing sleep deficiency is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke
Sleep supports healthy growth and development.
Highlighting
Factors that influence a persons sleep and wakefulness include medical conditions, medications, stress, sleep environment, and foods and fluids consumed, but the greatest influence is exposure to light.
Sleep deficiency has...
…for in the different sections. Finally, the use of highlighting in the selected examples above draws attention to this important guidance, most especially the main factors that can disrupt sleep and the implications of sustained sleep deprivation. In sum, these minor changes may benefit a non-specialist audience by facilitating their comprehension of the information and reinforcing the guidance that the article presents. Further, the headings and lists in particular can help increase interest on the part of non-specialist audiences to the extent that they may read more or even all of it despite only being interested in a specific topic at…
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