Lack of sleep and regular TV to help obese children

Lack of sleep and regular television leads to the development of obesity in children, according to U.S. scientists. Scientists have the study, which was attended by 915 babies. It was found that when the children are sleeping less than 12 hours and watch TV more than two hours a day, they have a 16% increased risk of obesity. The risk for those who are awake and watching less TV, was 1%. The study had a group of scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard. Data for the study were taken repeatedly in children up to three years. And mothers regularly, reported how many hours a child sleeps and spends watching TV. In addition, experts have found that television is often installed in the children's rooms, and very close to the child's bed - (for example be used to mount the TV Kromax) on the curb or on the bed closest to the wall on special holders . This accessibility TV helps to ensure that the child often looks it, often instead of sleeping. Scientists have suggested that lack of sleep can increase the risk of obesity, as it stimulates the hormones that influence the increase in appetite. At the same time, while watching television has a great influence on the child fast food advertising, which leads to an imbalance of power. Perhaps the results for children older than 3 years. Lack of sleep can be more dangerous than previously thought, says Elsie Taveras. According to scientists, the problem of excess weight is more urgent by the day. Of course, a closer examination of this question, but the results of this study recommend that parents remove television sets from children experts and increase the amount of sleep a child.