As the first day of winter officially arrives in the Southern Hemisphere, a new study has revealed that children’s health is being affected by bedroom temperatures in winter. A longitudinal study of 2,000 children in New Zealand (NZ) showed that it was vital for family homes to be at the right temperature for kids after it found that low room temperatures had a relationship to the children developing serious upper respiratory illness and asthma. University of Auckland Professor of Child Health Susan Morton told RNZ that the study found that children experiencing low bedroom temperatures outside the 19C-25C range demonstrated an increase in ill health with the youngsters being more likely to develop conditions such as upper respiratory tract infections, asthma, ear infections and tonsillitis. The best indoor temperature was between 19C (66F) and 25C (77F), according to the study, but about 1,000 children were going to sleep in rooms at or …