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A recent research study asserts that children who are overweight have more frequent and intense migraines than average weight kids.
Migraines More Frequent, Intensive Among Overweight Children
In reviewing the information underlying this conclusion, I noticed that the study participants were patients of seven different pediatric headache clinics. This would seem to indicate that all 913 patients were already known to be migraineurs.
Therefore I wonder whether it is being overweight that leads these children to have more attacks or that having many attacks leads to a poorer quality of life and health for them, which causes them to gain weight. It does not seem clear to me which is the cause and which is the effect.
You can read more about headaches and migraines among children by visiting this link:
Let's Study Kids' Head Pain
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Content by Diana E. Lee.
1 comments:
You're right, it does sound like another chicken-and-egg question. It would have been interesting to get a grip on physical activity, at least, as a part of the study.
Both being underweight and overweight seems to influence headache and migraine symptoms. For example, being underweight seems to increase your changes of being nauseous during a migraine attack. (see here)
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