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Which is very important

Rachel Adams

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Can I use "which" to mean that "sleep pattern" or getting regular sleep is important at her age?

She doesn't have a healthy lifestyle and her sleep pattern isn't normal which is very important for her age.
 

Tarheel

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Two things. One, you're trying to put too much into one sentence. Two, you're asking "which" to do too much.

Perhaps:

At her age she should be getting plenty of sleep. Unfortunately, she's not getting the sleep she needs.
 

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Using "which" like that suggests that having an abnormal sleep pattern is very important at her age!
 

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She doesn't have a healthy lifestyle and her sleep pattern isn't normal which is very important for her age.
She doesn't have a healthy lifestyle, or a regular sleep pattern which is very important at her age.
If you want to say they're both important at her age: She doesn't have a healthy lifestyle or a regular sleep pattern which are [both] very important at her age.

Note the change from "for her age" to "at her age". "For her age" could work in a different context.
 
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