Kids’ sleep problems could be inherited, new research suggests
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For the 30% of children who have problems falling or staying asleep, their genes may be to blame, according to a 15-year study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Researchers from the Department of Sleep and Cognition at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam analyzed the sleep patterns of 2,458 children, as reported by their mothers. "Our study shows that genetic susceptibility for poor sleep translates from adults to children." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
Those who were "genetically predisposed" to insomnia — based on polygenic risk scores that had previously been used for adults — were more likely to have sleep problems between 1½ and 15 years of age.
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