Children Who Less Sleep And Watch More TV More Likely To Be Overweight
Apr 11th 2008Drug InformationObesity / Weight Loss / Fitness
Infants and toddlers who sleep less than 12 hours a day are twice as likely to become overweight by age 3 than children who sleep longer. In addition, high levels of television viewing combined with less sleep elevates the risk, so that children who sleep less than 12 hours and who view two or more hours of television per day have a 16 percent chance of becoming overweight by age 3.
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