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HEALTH - Along with the development of technology, children are increasingly good at playing gadgets and tend to be hooked. Quite often even children to stay up for a gadget play and watch television.
This habit would make the child's sleep pattern is disrupted and children so lackluster in the next morning. Not only affect the child's academic grades in school, in fact, sleep deprivation can also make children at risk of obesity in adulthood.
This was conveyed by researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.
In this study, the team analyzed data collected from more than 10 thousand Americans when they were aged 16 and 21 years old.
Nearly one-fifth of their night's sleep less than 6 hours. The group is 20 percent more likely to be obese at the age of 21 years, when compared with the group who sleep 8 hours every night.
It was known lack of exercise is a risk factor of obesity is the most widely experienced by children, but according to research published in the Journal of Pediatrics, the lack of sleep also provide an important role.
"Lack of sleep time in childhood and adolescence makes you more at risk of obesity later in life," said one of the researchers involved, Shakira Suglia.
He continued, obesity during adolescence and adulthood are generally difficult to overcome. The longer you are obese, the greater the risk you are to have health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
"The message for parents, make sure your children sleep at least 8 hours a night. Not only to help them stay motivated to learn in school, but also help children grow into healthy adults," said Suglia.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anka children and adolescents need at least sleep a night for about 9-10 hours.
Lack of sleep is known to trigger drowsiness excessive daytime sleepiness, and fatigue. In the end, these conditions also trigger excessive appetite and create a desire to eat high-calorie food is higher. Obesity became the main risk.
