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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – ATLANTA—Science is finally confirming what grandma knew all along: infants wake up taller right after they sleep.
Findings from the first study of its kind measuring the link between daily growth and sleep show the two are inextricably linked. Specifically, growth spurts are tied to an increase in total daily hours of sleep as well as an increase in the number of daily sleep bouts, the time from the onset of sleep until awakening.
The study appears in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
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