Monday, April 21, 2014

NewsRoomAmerica.com - Study Supports Detrimental Effects Of Television Viewing On Young Childrens Sleep

NewsRoomAmerica.com - Study Supports Detrimental Effects Of Television Viewing On Young Childrens Sleep: A study following more than 1,800 children from ages 6 months to nearly 8 years found a small but consistent association between increased television viewing and shorter sleep duration.

The presence of a television in the room where a child sleeps also was associated with less sleep, particularly in minority children.

Investigators from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) report their results – the first to examine the connection between television and sleep duration over several years – in the May issue of Pediatrics.

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