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Teens Who Go To Bed Late More Likely Gain Weight
A five-year study of teens and young adults found that every extra hour they stayed up during the school week added an alarming 2.1 more points to their BMI (body mass index).
Exercise, the amount of time they spent in front of computer or TV screens and the actual number of hours they slept made no difference. The study of more than 3,300 participants showed that teenagers who pulled late-nighters may want to hit the sack earlier in a bid to fight obesity. Researcher Lauren Asarnow from an American university said, “These results highlight adolescent bedtimes, not just total sleep time, as a potential target for weight management during the transition to adulthood.” Bedtime management in adolescents is crucial to weight management, the researchers say. “If you’re going to bed an hour later, over time you could be shifting BMI categories from normal to overweight,” Asarnow said.
Posted by Kunda (online)
on October 5, 2015. Filed under HEALTH.
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October 5, 2015 at 1:15 pm
Let them keep gaining they sleep late watching Disney world
pillar
October 6, 2015 at 7:19 am
18th OCTOBER 2015
National day of prayer
fasting and reconciliation
some oppozing industries leaders are going to shun this important day which was called upon by the republican president Edgar lungu
¤reasons are simple
1.they have put politics first than GOD
2.they are bitter that zambians are aware that the economic meltdown has not affected this nation alone but its a worldly phenomenal
3.they see this day as a technical knock out in a bid to wrestle power from the mighty PF in 2016
comrades air your reasons why the oppozing leaders are against this important DAy
New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 6, 2015 at 7:51 am
Good morning Zambians I have just arrived in United Kingdom after a long flight from Australia. I am very tired. This article is applicable to zambia because with poverty and hunger under pf this is the only way people can gain weight.