A study recently published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that insufficient sleep at night may actually have a lasting impact on obesity rates. Babies and children under 5, the study showed, who got less than 10 hours of sleep a night, were more likely to be overweight or obese five years later.
As study author Dr. Janice Bell from the University of Washington explained, "This is something we may be able to change to address the growing obesity problem."
Certainly, obesity rates are linked to more health issues and more resulting visits to doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab in the E.R. If doctors and researchers can continue isolating the causes of obesity, this could help to reduce the problem and to create healthier situations for people and the health care community.
