Children who get insufficient sleep at night are more likely to become overweight, according to researchers in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
A study, published on the BMJ website, followed 244 children between the ages of three and seven.<\/p>\n
It said more sleep was linked to a lower weight, which could have important public health consequences.<\/p>\n
UK experts said there was “no harm” in drawing attention to the link between reduced sleep and ill health.<\/p>\n
The children were seen every six months when their weight, height and body fat were measured. Their sleeping habits and physical-activity levels were recorded at ages three, four and five.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that those children who had less sleep in their earlier years were at greater risk of having a higher Body Mass Index at age seven.<\/p>\n
This link continued even when other risk factors, such as gender and physical activity, were accounted for in their research.
‘Health risk’<\/p>\n
Suggested reasons for the link include simply having more time to eat and changes to hormones affecting appetite.<\/p>\n
In an accompanying analysis, Professors Francesco Cappuccio and Michelle Miller, from the University of Warwick, said future research should “explore and validate new behavioural, non-drug based, methods to prolong children’s and adults’ sleeping time.<\/p>\n
“In the meantime it would do no harm to advise people that a sustained curtailment of sleeping time might contribute to long-term ill health in adults and children.”<\/p>\n
Dr Ian Maconochie, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said: “Children under five generally average at least 11 hours sleep at night and in daytime naps.<\/p>\n
“However, 20% of children at this age experience problems sleeping, and we already know that inadequate sleep has a significant impact on attention, memory, behaviour, and school performance. This paper is a useful addition to our knowledge of children’s sleep patterns.”<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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