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Sleep shortage 'puts children at risk of being overweight'
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
17 April 2008
Infants who do not get enough sleep are in danger of becoming overweight before they start school, a new study has found.
US research published this month in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that children who slept less than 12 hours a day in the first two years of life were more likely to be overweight at the age of three. Parents of 950 children recorded the number of hours they slept during 24 hours and researchers took children's length or height and weight measurements when they were six months, one year and two years old. Parents were asked how much active...
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