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Sleepless nights promise a plumpy kid!
Sep 10 2008, Anupam Agnihotri

If you fail to ensure that, your child gets enough sleep then most likely you will also not be able to stop him from putting on extra flab, when he grows up.

These findings form a new study are based on an analysis of around 2,500 children...

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