researchers at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health in the united
states have carried out a study and found that with each additional hour of sleep,
the risk of a child being overweight or obese drops by nine per cent.

according to lead researcher youfa wang, "our analysis of the data shows a clear
association between sleep duration and the risk for overweight or obesity in
children. the risk declined with more sleep.

"our findings may also have important implications in societies where children do not have adequate sleep due to the pressure for academic excellence and where the prevalence of obesity is rising."

the researchers came to the conclusion after reviewing 17 published studies on
sleep duration and childhood obesity and they analysed 11 of them in their meta-
analysis. the recommended amount of daily sleep varied between studies analysed
and with children's age.

the results of the analysis showed that children with the shortest sleep duration
had a 92 per cent higher risk of being overweight or obese compared to children
with longer sleep duration.

for kids under age five, shortest sleep duration meant less than nine hours of
sleep per day. for children aged five to ten it meant less than eight hours of
sleep per day and less than seven hours of sleep per day for children over ten.
the association between increased sleep and reduced obesity risk was found to be
strongly associated with boys, but not in girls -- the results of the study have
been published in the 'obesity' journal.

"the influence of sleep quality on obesity risk is another important area where
future research is needed," co-researcher xiaoli chen was quoted by the
'sciencedaily' as saying..

"most studies carried out in the country show that 10 to 15 per cent cases of
stroke occur in people below 40 years of age, which is higher than other
countries. recurrence may be higher in india due to poor compliance with treatment
and control of risk factors," neurologist dr ashok uppal said at the 3rd national
congress of indian stroke association here on sunday.

"this means 4,466 people get stroke every day or three persons every minute. in
india, one person gets disabled every minute and one person dies every minute due
to stroke," he said.

the 3-day conference was held under the aegis of the world stroke organisation
incorporating the international stroke society, world stroke federation and world
congress of neurology.

the panelists of the conference included wso president dr geoffrey a donnan,
director of stroke programmes, new york dr j p mohr and other healthcare
specialists.

on an average, it was seen that the more hours the men spent on their phones the lower was their sperm count and the higher the percentage of it being an abnormal sperm.

the research published in the fertility and sterility journal posed questions
about the health effects of cell phones and other wireless devices. some studies
though also showed that long term usage of cell phones increase the risk of brain
tumors.

agarwal and his colleagues based the findings on semen samples from the 361 men
who came to their clinic over one year who were all questioned about the cell
phone habits.

overall they found that the sperm count and quality tended to decline as the daily
cell phone hours increased. the men who were said to use their cell phones for
around four hours or more each day had the lowest average sperm count and had the
fewest normal, viable sperm.

agarwal said he and his colleagues have two studies underway aiming to shed light
on the issue. one of which includes exposing semen samples to electromagnetic
radiation from cell phones and observing what effects, if any, occur.

the second study will be a follow-up to the current study that will assess a
larger group of men, agarwal said. this study will be rigorously designed and will
take into consideration certain other factors like lifestyle habits and
occupational exposure that might also affect sperm quality.

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