Concerned moms and dads should focus on maintaining a regular routine when it comes to scheduling meal and bed times, an author of the study says.
A new study has linked a later bedtime with an increased risk of obesity for kids -- although the researchers say parents shouldn't rush to put their preschoolers to sleep earlier as a result.
Instead, concerned moms and dads should focus on maintaining a regular routine when it comes to scheduling meal and bed times, said Dr. Claude Marcus, a professor of pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and an author of the study, which published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics.
"It's also the same for kids with different socioeconomic scores, we know that it's associated with obesity but it's very difficult to identify the differences in their way of living," he added.The study said that efforts to prevent obesity should pay more attention to sleep as it appears to be involved in a family's vulnerability to the development of obesity.
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