ND-0311 · 2022 · Other
High sensitivity of melatonin suppression response to evening light in preschool-aged children
Hartstein, Behn, Akacem et al. Journal of Pineal Research. 2022.
doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12780 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Preschoolers' melatonin was suppressed by 77.5% even at the lowest quartile of evening light tested, and stayed below half of baseline for at least 50 minutes afterwards in most children.
Design questions and applications
Keep evening light very low in young children's rooms.
Field
Childhood interiors and the body
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card hartstein-2022-preschool-melatonin) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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