{"id":140,"date":"2008-11-04T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2010-06-24T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T16:37:28","slug":"just-how-important-is-your-childs-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2008\/11\/just-how-important-is-your-childs-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/sleeping-child1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/sleeping-child.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-330\" title=\"sleeping-child\" src=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/sleeping-child.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"90\" \><\/a>A child&#8217;s risk of adult obesity may be linked to sleep deprivation.\u00a0\u00a0 According to researchers, more than 1,000 people were followed\u00a0from birth to 32 comparing\u00a0those with too\u00a0little sleep\u00a0to those that were well-rested.\u00a0 The results found that those children that received fewer than 11 hours of sleep each night over the years, were more likely to have a\u00a0Mass Body Index higher than those that received\u00a0adequate sleep.\u00a0 Experts agree that the\u00a0optimum amount of sleep for children\u00a0ages 5 to 12 is 11 hours and for teenagers, 8.5 to 9.5 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The best way to ensure that\u00a0children are getting\u00a0enough\u00a0Zs is to establish bedtime routines.\u00a0\u00a0Utilize a few simple steps that you follow each and every night.\u00a0 Begin with\u00a0a quiet activity that signals that\u00a0the evening is winding down.\u00a0 Many parents find that a warm bath, followed by a story help set the tone for bedtime.\u00a0 Whatever your routine, be consistent and\u00a0follow through.\u00a0 A well-rested child is a happy child and\u00a0could possibly be a more\u00a0fit and trim\u00a0adult.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n<p>*Study statistics gathered from Pediatrics, November 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child&#8217;s risk of adult obesity may be linked to sleep deprivation.\u00a0\u00a0 According to researchers, more than 1,000 people were followed\u00a0from birth to 32 comparing\u00a0those with too\u00a0little sleep\u00a0to those that were well-rested.\u00a0 The results found that those children that received fewer than 11 hours of sleep each night over the years, were more likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[23,136,33,34,32],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-nutrition","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-children-and-obesity","tag-childrens-health","tag-sleep-deprivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3070,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}