Childhood obesity grows due to little sleep

The obesity Childhood is a very serious problem that impacts throughout the world, because there are more than 43 million children under the age of five who have problems overweight . According to a recent study, the lack of dream Y exercise they detonate this problem among the minors.

In the project IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of the effects induced by diet and lifestyle on the health of children), European specialists analyzed the lifestyle of 16 224 children, with two to 10 years of age, to discover the causes that detonate overweight and establish strategies to combat it.

The researchers found that pre-school children, who sleep less than 11 hours per night, have a 40% higher risk of developing overweight , and if they rest less than nine hours, the danger increases up to 300%.

Experts point out that one of the factors that reduces the hours of dream It is the habit of watching television programs, using the computer or video games, due to the sensory overstimulation they are subjected to.

In the following video of Sanitastv the causes of the obesity child care, as well as some recommendations to avoid it:

Move on!

To avoid the obesity , doctors recommend performing physical activity , since minors who play sports or play outdoors are less likely to register excess weight . And you, do you promote good habits among your children?

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Video Medicine: Sleep and Obesity - Akron Children's Hospital video (March 2024).