Endocrinology Advisor (10/8) reports, “A longer nighttime sleep duration, but not total sleep duration, is positively associated with taller stature among young children, according to study findings.” Investigators came to this conclusion after analyzing “data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study…a large nationwide birth cohort designed to assess the effects of environmental, lifestyle, and medical factors on child health and development.” The research was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
