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Childhood Obesity Affects School Performance

  • December 02, 2004

Sad to say, it's not at all surprising that one of the effects of childhood obesity -- undetected sleep disorders -- may be showing up in how well our kids learn and behave in school, according to a British study. Out of 64 children who were studied, all but nine of them suffered from obstructive sleep apnea, a severe form of snoring. Although most of the cases were mild ones, according to scientists, more than 20 percent of them suffered from a moderate or severe form of the...