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Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids Explains Dr. Elsie M. Taveras, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School

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Posted: Mon., April 7, 2008, 02:45 pm

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Topics: Sleep Disorders , Babies, Overweight, Preschooler, Research, sleep, EmpowHer News

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who get less than 12 hours of sleep a day face twice the risk of being overweight as preschoolers.

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