Extra Sleep On Weekends Cuts Kids' Risk Of Obesity

WebMD:

Children who get too little sleep and have irregular school-day sleep schedules are more likely to be obese, especially if they don't make up for lost sleep on the weekends, a new study finds.

When researchers monitored the sleep patterns of about 300 children between the ages of four and 10 for a week, they found that very few slept the recommended amount.

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Comments

[ThinkCreeps]

07:36 PM on 01/26/2011

Makes sense: you can't eat when you're asleep.

[DesperOde]

05:29 PM on 01/25/2011

Perhaps some parents use food as a pacifier to keep their kids from ruining their hangover so early in the morning.

[Action Sam]

04:44 PM on 01/25/2011

i find this hard to believe because every fat person i know sleeps as much as possible.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:37 PM on 01/26/2011

Could you be mistaking `can't haul themselves out of bed' for `being asleep'?

[OutAtFirst]

02:30 PM on 01/25/2011

No wonder my kids are so skinny, I usually don't see them until noon on Saturdays.

[shthar]

01:05 PM on 01/25/2011

I found the longer I sleep the less money I spend.