Kid's Poor Sleep Habits Dangerous to Health
If you let your children build poor sleep habits you could be killing them.
According to recent study by a cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada children who don't get enough sleep could suffer from heart disease later and more and more teenagers suffer from sleep deprivation
This in turn, according to Dr;. Brian McCrindle, in a recent report to the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal can lead to childhood obesity, which he says, "can lead to premature heart disease.
While not claiming yet that poor sleep habits cause heart disease he stresses that poor sleep habits and a lack of proper rest during the night has been associated with more and more teenagers suffering from being overweight and obese he said. This in turn leads to blood pressure and blood cholesterol problems. And new studies have discovered premature artery hardening in obese children.
In addition to this other health problems encountered by obese children and adults (and many obese children become obese adults) include diabetes as well as bone and joint problems.
One of the best ways of course to fight obesity is be more physically active and that is where part of the problems lies according to George Honos, spokesman for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. He said, "lack of sleep alone may not be an independent risk factor for heart disease…but it's a red flag. If [children are] zombies the next day, they're not going to do a lot of sports."
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