Little Childhood Sleep Linked to Later Problems
April 7th, 2008 Posted in Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep, General, Get to Sleep!, Medical Information
According to this article in Scientific American, by not getting enough sleep, a child’s risk of being overweight doubles and chances of later depression and anxiety increase. In two separate studies, young children who slept too little, were twice as likely to be overweight by age 3 and reported more anxiety, depressions and aggressive behavior as adults.
