Later bedtimes on weekends are linked to weight acquire in kids

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Youngsters who go to mattress in a while the weekends than they do midweek have a bigger waist circumference and a better physique mass index than these with a constant bedtime

By Alice Klein

Limiting display time might encourage kids to go to mattress on the similar time each night time

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Staying up late on weekends might drive extra weight acquire in school-aged kids, probably as a result of “social jet lag” disrupting their capability to course of meals effectively.

Previous research means that kids who get lower than the recommended amount of sleep per night usually tend to grow to be obese, however much less is thought in regards to the impact of inconsistent bedtimes.

To study extra, Heli Viljakainen on the College of Helsinki, Finland, and her colleagues took physique …

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