Mattress and Beds for Your Child's Health
A comfortable mattress and supportive beds can make a huge difference to a good night's sleep – for children as well as adults.
Our mattress and beds are things we rarely give a second thought. But it's important to make sure your mattress and beds are comfortable and supportive to ensure you get a potentially good night's sleep. There's long been a correlation between health and sleep, but new research suggests we should be more concerned with investing in a quality mattress and inviting beds for our children to encourage them to enjoy bedtimes and sleep well.
Mattress, Beds and Your Child's Sleep
Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand have found that getting a regular good night's sleep in childhood could prevent adult obesity when they grow up. The researchers followed a thousand people from birth to the age of 32 and discovered those who achieved too little sleep as a child were more likely to become obese compared to those that received a good amount of sleep. The researchers took into account other factors such as exercise and TV habits and found the link was still strong. Bedtimes aren't always easy – but investing in a good mattress and quality beds can help. Allowing your child to then choose the bedding they want on their mattress and beds, and to decorate their own beds with toys, stickers or night lights, is one way of making beds appealing to kids.
Links Between Childhood Sleep and Adult Obesity
The fact that early sleep habits could impact on adult health and weight means parents have a duty to their children to help ensure they get a good night's sleep. Poor sleep in children and teenagers can also impact heavily on their moods and well being. Beds may not be the most popular place for many children, but if you're kids would rather jump on their mattress than sleep on it, it could spell bad news later in life. The researchers said the more childhood sleep declines, the higher the body mass index in adulthood. The results indicate that poor sleep in childhood can have long term effects, regardless of how well the child slept as an adult.
Under 12s – 11 Hours in Beds
If you're unsure about how long children should be spending on their mattress and in their beds, experts recommend 11 hours sleep for children aged 5 to 12. Teenagers should have 9.5 hours. There's concerns that the rise in TVs, computers and mobile phones kept by the side of children's beds means children today are getting less sleep then their parents did as children, which could go some way in explaining the obesity epidemic.
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