Is your child having a tough time sleeping properly? You may need to keep a check on his\/her body mass index (BMI) as a new research suggests that there is<\/p>\n
a co-relation between the two and can lead to cancer in adulthood.<\/p>\n
\u201cChildhood obesity very often leads to adult obesity. This puts them at greater risk of developing obesity-related cancers in adulthood,\u201d said study lead author<\/p>\n
Bernard Fuemmeler, Professor and Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control at the Virginia Commonwealth University.<\/p>\n
For the study, researchers enrolled 120 children, with an average age of eight, whose mothers had participated in the Newborn Epigenetic Study both pre-birth<\/p>\n
and during early childhood.<\/p>\n
To track the sleep-wake cycle, the children wore accelerometers continuously for 24 hours a day for a period of at least five days.<\/p>\n
They found that shorter sleep duration, measured in hours, was associated with a higher BMI z-score (body mass index adjusted for age and sex).<\/p>\n
Each additional hour of sleep was associated with a .13 decrease in BMI z-score and with a 1.29 cm decrease in waist circumference.<\/p>\n
More fragmented rest-activity rhythms and increased intradaily variability \u2014 a measure of the frequency and extent of transitions between sleep and activity \u2014<\/p>\n
were also associated with greater waist circumferences.<\/p>\n
The study results, to be presented at Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, indicate that while sleep duration is important,<\/p>\n
examining markers of sleep quality may also be useful in designing childhood obesity prevention strategies.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, many children are not getting enough sleep. There are a number of distractions, such as screens in the bedroom, that contribute to interrupted,<\/p>\n
fragmented sleep. This, perpetuated over time, can be a risk factor for obesity,\u201d Fuemmeler said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause of the strong links between obesity and many types of cancer, childhood obesity prevention is cancer prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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