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...ba href=/sleep/a/b less are three times more likely to be overweight QUEBEC CITY, March 29 /CNW Telbec/ - The less a child ba href=/sleep/a/bs, the more likely he or she is to become overweight, according to researchers from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine in an article published in the latest edition of the International Journal of Obesity.

The risk of becoming overweight is 3.5 times higher in children who get less ba href=/sleep/a/b than in those who ba href=/sleep/a/b a lot, according to researchers Jean-Philippe Chaput, Marc Brunet, and Angelo Tremblay.

These results come from data collected among 422 grade school students aged 5 to 10.

The scientists measured the weight, height, and waist size of each participant.

Information on the children's lifestyle and socioeconomic status was obtained through phone interviews with their parents.

Through body mass index measurement, the researchers determined that 20% of the boys and 24% of the girls were overweight.

Children who slept less than 10 hours a night were 3.5 times more at risk of being overweight than those who slept 12 or more hours.

No other factor analyzed in the study-parental obesity, parents' level of education, family income, time spent in front of the TV or computer, regular physical activity-had as much of an impact on obesity than time spent ba href=/sleep/a/bing.

Hormone production is currently the researchers' prime hypothesis to explain the relationship between ba href=/sleep/a/b and obesity.

"Lack of ba href=/sleep/a/b lowers the level of leptin, a hormone that stimulates metaboli...

...ba href=/sleep/a/b, 'talaq' spells divorce SILGURI, India, March 29 (UPI) - A man who reportedly said the Arabic word for divorce three times in his ba href=/sleep/a/b has refused an order from Muslim leaders in India to separate from his wife.Muslim leaders ordered Aftab Ansari and his wife, Sohela, to separate or face a social boycott, the Press Trust of India reported.The order came as a result of a disagreement between the wife and husband last December, after which the husband reportedly uttered the word talaq three times in his ba href=/sleep/a/b - all that was necessary under the Muslim Shariah legal system to result in their divorce.Religious leaders got wind of the situation from friends of the wife, who discussed her husband's nighttime utterances with them.However, the couple said they have no dispute and do not want to end their 11-year marriage that has produced three children.Family counseling judges at Silguri, India, discussed the couple's refusal to part Monday, but did not reach an immediate decision, the Indian Catholic News Service reported.

Squawking 'Allah' spares bird the soup pot BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 29 (UPI) - The owner of a 2-year-old rooster that was about to be decapitated for the soup pot in Kyrgyzstan spared the bird's life when it began squawking Allah.Local reports said Ibragim Ismatullayev decided the bird was too aggressive, and with his 5-year-old son, set out to slaughter it.

But as the man grabbed the bird by its neck, it began squawking, and his son told him t...

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He added: “He was devastated after the tsunami.

He raised quite a bit of money for the appeal and wanted to go back out there to see how the people were getting on.

“He bumped into some of the people he thought he had lost.

“One of our friends took us out on a power boat one day because Stu wanted to go to Phi Phi.

It was probably one of the best days of our holiday, seeing what was hit or left.” Graeme said his brother went to ba href=/sleep/a/b that night and didn’t wake up.

Fund-raising events have included rugby players taking part in the Boxing Day Dip.

and the yacht club skipping its Christmas party to launch the fund in memory of Stuart.

“It was probably one of the best days of our holiday as we were seeing what had been hit and what was left.Stuart was devastated after the tsunami.

He wanted to go back to Thailand to see how the people were getting on and bumped into some of the people he thought he had lost.Graeme Edmundson, Stuart’s brother 29 March 2006 « Previous Page Next » Page 1 of 1 More News Search Our News Archive Enter Search Text: Search Type: Normal Exact Keyword / Phrase Suggest on Article Text Advanced Search Google Ads google advertising space Sport News in Association withAdvertisersWhat's New control for popup window [Disclaimer] [Privacy] [Sitemap] [Disability Statement] All rights reserved � 2006 Johnston Press Digital Publishing.

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