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Let Kids Sleep Late On Weekends To Fight Fat

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First Posted: 10-29-09 11:26 AM   |   Updated: 10-29-09 05:37 PM

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Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests.

Researchers in Hong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended to be heavier (as measured by body mass index, or BMI) than children who slept more. But among children who slept less than eight hours a night, those who compensated for their weekday sleep deficit by sleeping late on weekends or holidays were significantly less likely to be overweight or obese.

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Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended...
Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong Kong found that children who got less sleep tended...
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