Children: Study Ties Too Little Sleep With Too Much Weight
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A study of 7-year-olds has found that sleeping less than nine hours a night was associated with being overweight or obese.
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People who put on a few extra pounds may be able to blame a lack of sleep for the added weight, according to two separate studies published recently.
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A recent research finds that people who don&#39;t sleep very long are more likely to be overweight. This is because people who slept for shorter times had higher levels of ghrelin
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A study published on Monday found that  people who sleep less tend to be fat, and experts said it's  time find if more sleep will fight obesity.
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NEW YORK  - The amount of time people spend   sleeping may affect their weight, study results suggest.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 1  (HealthDay News) -- Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight or obese, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Many parents of children classified as overweight or even extremely overweight do not perceive their child as being excessively heavy, with some wrongly believing that their child is "about the right weight," new research suggests.
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A good night's sleep may reduce a child's risk of becoming obese, according to research from the US.
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Sleep-disordered breathing is associated with higher rates of behavioral problems in children, researchers report.
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Children who snore are about  four times more likely than those who don't to wet the bed, a  new study from Greece shows.
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It may seem counterintuitive, but sleeping more can help keep people from becoming obese, according to a new study. A sleep study conducted by Columbia University researchers found that people who got less
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Children's tendency to become  overweight might have something to do with how their mothers  urge them to eat, a new study hints.
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According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study, people who slept less than eight hours had increased levels ghrelin, a hormone that triggers eating, and lower levels of leptin, a hormone that tells the body it&#39;s full.
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Children who are obese are damaging their feet and may have problems walking, a study suggests.
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When children have sleep  problems, their parents -- especially mothers -- often have  sleep-deprived nights too, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Five-year-old children who  snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which  breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse  on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids,  investigators report.
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ST. LOUIS -- Heavy children who lost weight kept the pounds off better through weight maintenance follow-up, but even that wasn't terribly successful over two years, researchers reported.