Earlier Bedtimes Lead to Less Risk of Obesity as Teens (IMAGE)

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Earlier Bedtimes Lead to Less Risk of Obesity as Teens

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Mary Dumek reads a bedtime story to her two young children. A new study from The Ohio State University College of Public Health shows that preschoolers who go to bed at 9 pm or later are twice as likely to be obese as teenagers, compared to those who go to bed at 8 pm or earlier.

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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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