He must be encouraged to take regular naps during daytime so that his body and
brain get the enough rest they need to grow.
Not exact matches
And if you need more motivation to increase your shut - eye time, there are plenty of studies available that indicate that people who don't
get enough sleep age faster, experience a loss of
brain power in mid-life and don't grow as tall as people who are well -
rested.
According to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, people who slept only four hours a night for two nights had an 18 percent decrease in leptin (a hormone that signals the
brain that the body has had
enough to eat) and a 28 percent increase in ghrelin (a hormone that triggers hunger), compared with those who
got more
rest.