Dinner too late causes restless sleep?

The chance of this happening is great, especially if the meal is high in fat, which takes longer to digest, and the child goes to bed immediately after eating. During sleep, the body works more slowly and that includes digestion. The stomach then gets heavier and comes to bother. "Have a meal with low fat takes at least two hours to be digested," says Ary Cardoso Lopes. "After that the child can sit quietly," added the doctor.