Lack Of Sleep Makes Your Kids Hungry
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There are many reasons why children become overweight and obese; eating fatty food, drinking too much cola and not getting enough exercise, for example. To this list should now be added the computer. Computer games are infectious and addictive for adults and children alike. More and more kids, as young as 5, are playing these games long after their bedtime, resulting in a lack of sleep.
Children’s being tired and crabby first thing in the morning lends visual evidence to them not getting enough sleep. However, it’s what is happening unseen to their metabolism that has the means to create unhealthy kids.
Children who don’t get enough sleep are hungrier than other kids because of the effect lack of sleep has on two hormones, Ghrelin, which stimulates appetite, and Leptin that suppresses appetite. Not getting enough sleep produces Ghrelin and reduces the amount of Leptin produced. Result? Hunger, overeating, overweight and, perhaps, even, obesity.
Our advice is to set a time that your children should be in bed by, and be strict about it.
Toddlers, age 1 to 3 need to sleep 10 to 13 hours.
4 and 5 year olds need 10 to 12 hours.
6 to 9 year olds need about 10 hours.
10 to 12 year olds need 9 to 9 ½ hours.
Teenagers and adolescents need 8 to 9 ½ hours.
For the younger ones actually taking them to bed and reading them a story sets an enjoyable pattern; they will look forward to going to bed!
Adopting these guidelines may not make you flavour of the month for a while, but it is a parental duty to take our kid’s health seriously.
Sweet dreams.
I am a Senior Researcher for the Fat Pyjamas Partnership, specialising in obesity, childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance; their causes, effects and treatments.
www.fatpyjamascommunity.blog.com
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