Another recent study shows that there may be a direct link between children going to bed late and obesity! Study author Dr Jim Dollman points out that most kids get up at around 7am however they now go to bed at least half an hour later.
Dr Dollman says the lack of sleep could be a cause of higher weight levels in children.”That’s the difference in sleep duration between overweight and normal weight children, according to a recent study overseas,” he said.
“So it may well be that the 30-minute reduction is contributing in the increase in the prevalence of overweight that we’re seeing among children.”
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