Active Children Sleep Easier

Do we include parents who allow children to
freely move? If so, we would
have no difficulty telling the child
to sleep at night. Based on
research conducted in New
Zealand, an active child is not only fast asleep, but had a good
sleep quality. Dr. Ed A Mitchell, head of
research by the University of
Auckland, told me that he was
interested in researching the
quality of sleep a child because
the data found that 1 in 6 parents reported the trouble to
send their children to sleep at
night. As a result, Mitchell
involving 591 children aged 7
years in his research. Together with his team, Mitchell
monitor their activity these
children for 24 hours. The trick?
By attaching a measuring device
on their waist. On average, it
took 26 minutes for parents to make their children sleep at
night. However, the more active
their children during the day,
the time required to send the
kids to sleep more and short. "Just with one hour of physical
activity, it makes the child will
sleep 6 minutes faster," said
Mitchell said, mentioning that his
research has been published in
the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Mitchell added, if
converted, then for one hour of
physical activity is tantamount
to asking the children to run.
"Although in fact only 43 minutes
of physical activity, exercise needs of children are fulfilled." In addition to making the children
fast asleep, physical activity also
forms the heart and a healthy
weight in children. Regarding the
quality of sleep, children who
sleep more quickly will have more time to enjoy sleep. When sleep is growth hormone of
children work more optimally.
That is why the quality of sleep
will always be associated with
overall child health status. "Even
the children began to be found that sleep problems make them
at risk of obesity," said Mitchell.