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A carefully designed study of almost 1500 teens age 12-19 years has found childhood obesity to be a risk factor for elevated pure tone hearing thresholds, and a 1.85 increase in the odds of unilateral low-frequency hearing loss. These results add to the growing evidence that obesity impacts many health outcomes.
PositiveTip: Bend every effort to keep your children slim and trim.
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