Obesity-Risk Children Sleep Deprivation

Insomnia often experienced by children. But such behavior is actually bad for his health, one of them became obese in adulthood.

Conforming experts from the University of Washington and California, slept soundly in the early years of life may be important in preventing children getting fat. Infants, toddlers and pre-school children who slept less than ten hours a night were more likely to be overweight when they are older.

The experts believe that sleep deprivation causes an imbalance in hormones that control appetite. This means they are not getting enough sleep tend to feel frequently hungry and thirsty for calorie-rich snacks in the afternoon.

Previous research has also linked the lack of sleep with obesity in adults and adolescents, but this study is the first one that focused on children.

In this study alone, the experts observe the sleeping habits of nearly 1,000 children under the age of five. And the result, they found children who have sleep time less than ten hours. Have the possibility of obesity is twice as large five years later.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine also highlighted children aged 5 to 13 years, but did not find the same thing.

Figures of Obesity itself has more than doubled over the past 20 years and a quarter of high school students in the United States today kegemukkan considered harmful to their health. And about 10 percent of children aged six years who are obese - are expected to increase significantly a few years in the future.

The experts believe, lack of sleep, can be a major cause of this. Where is the children in Paris the average hours of sleep a lot less than 30 years ago. "The duration of sleep, especially in children pre-school age is a factor that could prevent obesity in adulthood," the researchers wrote in a research report.

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