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There have been many studies that emphasize the importance of sleep for health. But new research suggests, children who sleep less than eight hours a day at increased risk for blood sugar or Pre-diabetes condition.

This was said by Dr. Zhijie Yu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai. He said the lack of sleep will affect blood sugar, excluding other factors such as age, gender, diet, physical activity, weight, and illness.

In his research, Yu and his team studied the link between sleep duration and blood sugar levels in 619 obese children and 617 non-obese children aged 3-6 years and to own no blood sugar problems.

From interviews with parents in mind differences in sleep time between obese and non obese children. Children with ideal weight average sleep eight hours or more.

Meanwhile, high blood sugar levels (135 mg/dl) was found in children who sleep less, both in obese and non obese children. For comparison, 110 mg/dl was categorized into Pre-diabetic and 126 mg/dl as diabetes.

According to Yu, as well as in adults, in children also found benefits of adequate sleep in stabilizing blood sugar levels. The results of this research published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.