Poor sleep habits have ripple effects on many aspects of a child’s health, new research shows. blood pressure is one of them.
According to a report published this week in the journal Pediatrics, going to bed earlier and sleeping longer: Children’s blood pressure.
The researchers analyzed 539 patients, whose average age was 14.6 years old and who slept an average of 9.1 hours per night.
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The children I slept late They found that while daytime blood pressure parameters worsened, those who slept longer had lower blood pressure.
Results were consistent across age, sex, BMI and day of the week.
A report published this week in the journal Pediatrics found that going to bed earlier and sleeping longer can lower blood pressure in children. (iStock)
“The key takeaway is that essential hypertension in children, just like in adults, has lifestyle-related contributing factors,” Dr. Amy Kogon, lead author of the study and assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, told Fox News Digital.
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“As doctors, we usually advise our patients to improve their diet, Physical activity “While there are indications that sleep may be effective in improving blood pressure, this study suggests that sleep may be an additional factor to consider.”
“This study shows that sleep [health] It’s an aspect to consider.”
The researchers were surprised to find that longer sleep duration slowed the “nocturnal blood pressure drop,” the drop in blood pressure that is expected to occur while sleeping.
“If a patient’s blood pressure is not measured and there is no drop in blood pressure at night, that is considered abnormal,” Kogon said.
A new study has found that kids who went to bed later had worse daytime blood pressure indicators, while those who slept longer had lower blood pressure. (iStock)
“We expected that shorter sleep duration would slow down deep breathing at night, but it turns out that longer sleep duration slows down deep breathing at night.”
The researchers noted that this phenomenon was primarily observed in patients who reported sleeping too long.
“People who sleep too long may not be sleeping well,” she says.
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“For example, this may explain why the night-time decline is slower if you have sleep apnea or if you stay in bed but use your phone or watch TV all night.”
The study did have some limitations, Kogon acknowledged.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, children between the ages of 6 and 12 should get nine to 12 hours of sleep each night, while those between the ages of 13 and 18 need eight to 10 hours. (iStock)
“This is a retrospective look at the data and it is relevant,” she told Fox News Digital.
“Also, sleep duration was recorded only through self-reporting. [a] It is 24-hour data and is assumed to be generally representative of the amount of sleep a patient receives.”
The researchers looked into sleep quality and Sleeping disorder.
Factors affecting blood pressure in children
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high blood pressure affects one in seven people between the ages of 12 and 19.
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Sleep is just one of several risk factors that can affect this important health indicator.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high blood pressure affects one in seven people between the ages of 12 and 19. (iStock)
Other contributing factors include obesity, Physical StrengthAccording to the American Heart Association, heart disease can be caused by a variety of factors, including diet and environmental stressors.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, children between the ages of 6 and 12 should get 9 to 12 hours of sleep each night, while those between the ages of 13 and 18 need 8 to 10 hours.
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Surveys show that most young people are sleep-deprived, with six in 10 middle school students and seven in 10 high school students in the U.S. saying they don’t get enough sleep on school nights.
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Michael Gradisar, Sleep Cycle’s head of sleep science and an Adelaide, Australia-based clinical psychologist, said the biggest obstacles to children’s sleep may not be what people think.
“The scientific evidence does not show that screens are a major obstacle to young people getting a good night’s sleep,” he told Fox News Digital.
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“It’s actually their biological clocks that are the problem. They tend to go to bed late and wake up late because their biological clocks are set later. Scientists have known this for decades.”
To improve sleep quality, Gradisar recommends using bright light therapy in the morning, timed to an individual’s biological clock.
Six in 10 middle school students and seven in 10 high school students in the United States say they don’t get enough sleep on school days. (iStock)
Morning bright light therapy uses bright light to reset your circadian rhythm and normalize your sleep patterns.
“Based on the clinical trials that have been done so far, including the one we did in Australia, this is showing the best results,” he said.
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Next, the researchers plan to explore whether sleep-promoting interventions improve blood pressure, Kogon said.
“We plan to investigate this further by obtaining data on sleep quality in patients being screened for hypertension and by conducting longer-term sleep measurements,” she added.
