Teen sleeplessness piles on risk for obesity
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 14:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Teenagers who don't get enough sleep may wake up to worse consequences than nodding off during chemistry class. According to new research, risk of being obese by age 21 was 20 percent higher among 16-year-olds who got less than six hours of sleep a night, compared with their peers who slumbered more than eight hours.