PHILADELPHIA
— Childhood ear infections may not just put hearing at risk. Kids who get them
may develop a strong affinity for fatty foods and could be predisposed to
obesity, surveys now suggest. Researchers suspect that infections of the middle
ear may alter the sense of taste by damaging a nerve that carries sensations
from the tongue to the brain.
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