How to ensure your kids get good sleep

The key to good sleep, according to celeb nutritionist and author of the newly launched book Notes for Healthy Kids, Rujuta Diwekar, is fixed bedtime and wake up time every day.

Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : February 5, 2019 9:15 AM IST

Lack of good sleep or insufficient sleep has been linked to a number of diseases in adults. But the same holds true even for kids. Did you know that lack of sleep has been linked to depression and anxiety in kids? A research by the University of Houston in the US says that inadequate sleep impacts children s emotional health not only by creating more negative emotion but also by altering positive emotional experiences. It has also been found that inadequate sleep can cause obesity in kids because children who sleep less tend to eat more which increases the risk of obesity and related health problems later in life. Celeb nutritionist and author of the newly launched book Notes for Healthy Kids, Rujuta Diwekar, recently shared her inputs on how poor sleep affects kids' health. Do you find that your kid is getting sick often or is moody or cranky quite a bit? Well, all she needs to do is develop a good sleep hygiene. Essentially good sleep hygiene refers to habits that lead to good sleep. And the most important of those habits is to have a fixed time to go to sleep and wake up on most days of the week if not all.

What s the right time to go to bed?

- Between 8 pm -9.30 pm is ideal as this allows for optimum sleep