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take away the tV
Here’s one way to keep your kids from packing on too many
pounds: remove the TV from their bedrooms. researchers
followed 6,522 kids ages 10 to 14 for up to four years. Between
the second and final year, the kids who started the study with
TVs in their bedrooms experienced increases in their body mass
index (a measure that incorporates weight and height) that
translated to nearly an extra pound per year compared with kids
without bedroom TVs. The weight gain may be a result of more
than just extra hours spent watching TV. Studies have shown
that kids with bedroom TVs get less sleep, and shorter sleep
time is related to weight gain in children.
Source: JAMA Pediatrics, published online March 3, 2014
DIABETES
RISING
Both type 1 and
type 2 diabetes are
on the rise in children
age 19 and younger,
researchers found.
records from four
U.s. regions and one
health care plan
showed that the
prevalence of type 1
diabetes rose by
21 percent from 2001
to 2009, and type 2
increased by
30 percent during
that time. type 1 is
seen more often
among white youth
and type 2 among
african american,
Latino, and Native
american youth.
researchers don’t
know why diabetes is
rising in youth,
although genes and
obesity are known to
play a role in type 2.
Source: The Journal of
the American Medical
Association, May 7, 2014
Losing
Sleep
⬤ Parents of young children with type 1
diabetes don’t sleep well, a study found.
Researchers gave questionnaires to
134 parents of type 1 children ages 6 and
younger. the parents, mostly mothers,
reported sleeping an average of 6. 19 hours
per night, nearly an hour less than
recommended, and a third reported poor
Latino, and Native
american youth.
researchers don’t
know why diabetes is
ag
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sleep quality. a third also said they checked
their child’s blood glucose during the night,
and more than half of those parents reported
disrupted sleep. Many of the parents who
got poor-quality sleep said they had trouble
performing routine tasks during the day.
Source: Behavioral Sleep Medicine, published
online March 12, 2014
