How an early bedtime can have lasting effects on kids
The data, which tracked the children from preschool-age to adolescence, indicated at what time they went to bed when they were about 4½ years old, as well as their height, weight and body mass index when they were about 15 years old. After comparing the children's bedtimes with their health as teenagers, the researchers found that only 10% of the children who went to bed at 8 p.m. or earlier during their preschool years were obese as teenagers. However, 23% of the children who went to bed after 9 p.m. as preschoolers were obese as teenagers. For the children who went to bed between 8 and 9 p.m. as preschoolers, about 16% were obese as teenagers. "Preschool-aged children with early weekday bedtimes
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