CBS Local – Angela Davis
“What you eat and how much you exercise certainly plays a role in how much you weigh, but there’s new evidence that your bedtime may play a big role as well — especially if you are a child. Sleep experts are calling the newly released study “compelling and comprehensive.” It’s a study conducted in the United Kingdom following nearly 11,000 children from age 3 to 11. Researchers asked parents to record their children’s bed times and meal times. They found that toddlers with irregular bedtimes nearly doubled their risk of obesity by the time they were 11.”(more)