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Stories about: nighttime sleep

Infants' Skills Development Is Favored by Nighttime Sleep A new longitudinal study carried out by researchers at the University of Montreal and the University of Minnesota, concluded that children at one year old and at one year and a half old, that get most of their sleep during the nighttime, develop better skills than infants who sleep mostly during the day.The study inv... 16 November 2010 04:50 GMT A Good Night Sleep Against Child Obesity Insufficient nighttime sleep among infants and young children can be associated with a risk of obesity later in life, suggests a new study published in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, adding that napping does not compensate.Janice F. Bell, PhD, MPH, of the University of Washington... 7 September 2010 04:19 GMT