Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids (AP)

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Reply Mon 5 Nov, 2007 08:15 am
Lack of sleep may lead to fatter kids
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AP - Here's another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese. Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child's chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 percent.

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