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Preschool-aged kids who snore loudly on a regular basis may be
at a greater risk for behavioral problems, a study shows. The
behavioral issues include hyperactivity, attention problems, and
depression. The study is published in Pediatrics. In the study,
9% of 249 children snored loudly two or more times a week when
they were ages 2 and 3. These kids were more likely to have
behavior issues at age 3 than kids who didn’t snore or who
snored at age 2 or age 3, but not both. “The effects we see in
older kids who snore a lot also hold in 2- to 3-year-old kids,”
says researcher Dean Beebe, PhD. He is the director of the
neuropsychology program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center in Ohio. “This is not on many parents’ or
pediatricians’ radar.” Researchers don’t know exactly how
snoring at ages 2 and 3 increases the risk for behavioral
problems. But poor-quality sleep is likely at least partly re