Weight watchers may want to check out other factors than the food they eat. Lack of sleep has been found to be a contributing factor towards why most people, especially the kids, have been suffering obesity issues.

The amount of sleep hours we observe are important. One good insight is the fact that some people have this belief that eating excessively can more than make up for the lack of sleep that kids would normally have to deal with.

There are a number of reasons why a kid would lose the proper amount of sleep:

1. Playing games (Playstation or Xbox) on extended hours
2. Staying out late with friends
3. Cramming to study
4. Sleeping area
5. Television
6. The Internet

These are normally the reasons that kids would state and they are indeed a fact. While it is a the duty of most guardians and parents to make sure that kids sleep at the right time, closer monitoring can be good for their health.

(Source) A study of 7-year-olds has found that sleeping less than nine hours a night was associated with being overweight or obese, even after accounting for amounts of television watching and physical exercise.

The study, being published Tuesday in the journal Sleep, also found that short sleep duration was associated with mood swings. The researchers had followed the subjects — 519 children in New Zealand — since birth, making periodic health and developmental assessments and interviewing their parents.

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