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Poor sleep affects children's studies, health: Psychiatrists

New Delhi: Online chatting, playing computer games or watching television at night can leave children sleep deprived and adversely affect their studies and physical health, psychiatrists said at a conference here Wednesday. "Parents should keep

IANS Published : Mar 14, 2013 7:41 IST, Updated : Mar 14, 2013 11:01 IST
poor sleep affects children s studies health psychiatrists
poor sleep affects children s studies health psychiatrists

New Delhi: Online chatting, playing computer games or watching television at night can leave children sleep deprived and adversely affect their studies and physical health, psychiatrists said at a conference here Wednesday.




"Parents should keep a check on their children's TV viewing habits... presence of a television set in the child's bedroom may be a contributor to sleep problems," said Sunil Mittal, psychiatrist and director of Cosmos Institute of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences (CIMBS).

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