Brown University also confirmed a link between fatty diets and ear infections

At Ukmedix News we like to highlight the dangers of obesity and we have published hundreds of articles which show that being overweight can have a considerable effect on increasing the chances of many different illnesses. One new research project which we studied at Ukmedix News, we found particularly interesting because it showed that one illness could actually increase the chances of you becoming obese in later life instead of the obesity itself causing a disease.

Research which was presented at the annual gathering of the American Psychological Association shows that people who have suffered from chronic ear infections are more likely to become overweight later on than those individuals who had not experienced ear infections. The researchers said that because the ear infections could have a detrimental effect on the taste buds those who had a history of this condition sometimes had a reduced ability to taste food and this made them more susceptible to eating larger amounts of tasty high fat foodstuffs.

The study which involved over six and a half thousand people concluded that men and women who had suffered from chronic middle ear infections had a 62% greater chance of becoming obese when compared to those people who have not had ear infections. Further research done by the University of Connecticut and also at Brown University also confirmed a connection between high fat diets and ear infections.

The researchers that Brown University also found a link between the removal of tonsils and obesity. Having studied the medical data on 13,000 children between the ages of 6 and 17 years which was collected as part of the United States National Health Examination Survey they saw a direct correlation between tonsil removal and the likelihood to be overweight. The researchers speculated that tonsil removal could have an affect on the ability of the mouth to taste and this therefore could affect eating habits negatively.