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Sleep-Deprived Kids Pack on the Pounds

Lack of down time correlates with childhood obesity

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2007 10:40 AM CST

(Newser) – Kids who get plenty of sleep could be lowering their chances of becoming obese. For each extra hour third-graders in a newly released study spent sleeping, they lowered their chance of becoming obese by sixth grade by 40%. The results could have to do with... Read full story »

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