Deep sleep Prevent Child Obesity

Surprising facts found are: lack of sleep in childhood tends to cause obesity in adulthood. Research conducted by the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, published in the journal Pediatrics recently. The research involved more than a thousand people being monitored from birth until the age of 32 years.

Of course, lack of sleep in childhood is not the only cause of obesity. There is also a genetic factor (if both parents are obese, 80% will likely result in obese children, if one parent is obese, likely 40% child obesity), lack of movement and exercise, as well as food consumption is not wise. However, lack of sleep in childhood proved the most dominant causes people are obese in the future.

How can it happen? Apparently, children who sleep less tend to burn throughout the day. As a result he was reluctant to do active activities, so the calories that enter the body does not burn completely, and backfilled as fat.
Lack of sleep also causes ghrelin production in the body to be higher, while the production of leptin was lower. Ghrelin is a hormone that triggers increased appetite, while the other hand, leptin is a hormone inhibiting the desire to eat. If the content of ghrelin in the child's body height, he tends to feel hungry continues. In addition, leptin children who sleep deprivation is low, so there is no desire to limit hormone overeating.

Robert John Hancox, senior researcher in the research team then reminded the parents to begin to regulate sleep patterns of children with a good night. For important to realize, errors child's sleep pattern will bring consequences for life. For that reason, experts recommend that babies sleep during 10,5-18 hours / day, children 1-3 years 12-14 hours / day, children 3-5 years 11-13 hours / day, children 5-12 years old 10-11 hours / day, while teenagers are advised 8,5-9,5 hours of sleep a night.

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