The links between sleep and health–and sleep and body weight, in particular–have become harder to ignore in recent years. The research has shown a strong connection between sleep deprivation and higher body weight, both in adults and in kids.
And perhaps the most striking connection is that the one may predict the other as a person ages: In fact, a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics finds that the later the bedtime in early childhood, the greater the risk for obesity in adolescence.
