Lack of Sleep Disturbs Leptin, Makes Children and Adults Fat

Monday, November 05, 2007  -  Byron J Richards, CCN

A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan shows that children who get less than 9 ¾ hours sleep in the third grade are 40 percent more likely to be fat in the sixth grade (whether they were already fat or not in the third grade).  It was found that the longer the kids slept, the less the chance for obesity.

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