Kids Who Sleep Less More Likely to Be Overweight, Study Says

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Jennifer Moore on January 16th, 2008
Note from Connie: Parents, pay attention to this fascinating study! You need to help figure out a way to get your kids to get ample zzz's. Jennifer Moore gives you the scoop. Kids need their sleep for lots of reasons -- to stay awake in school, to have the energy to play and to avoid being cranky. But now a study from New Zealand just published in the journal Sleep offers another good reason: Kids who sleep less than 9 hours a night are three times likelier to be overweight than those who log in more than 9 hours of...

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