A team of researchers has shed some light on the vicious cycle of childhood obesity and snoring. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) looked at the relationships among maternal snoring, childhood snoring and children's metabolic characteristics - including body mass index (BMI) and insulin resistance, which reflects future risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease - in approximately 1,100 children followed from gestation through early adolescence. Led by endocrinologist Christos S. Mantzoros, the team was the first to demonstrate a bidirectional relationship between snoring and body weight in children, meaning each condition increases risk of the other over time.

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