Association Between Weight Gain Trajectories and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Adolescents

Editor-in-Chief Cecelia E. Schmalbach, MD, MSc, is joined by senior author Romaine F. Johnson, MD, MPH, and Associate Editor M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, to discuss whether childhood obesity is associated with increased severity of obstructive sleep apnea during adolescence, as outlined in the paper "Association Between Weight Gain Trajectories and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Adolescents" which published in the February 2026 issue of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery . To read the full article, click here.

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Association Between Weight Gain Trajectories and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Adolescents is an episode from SAGE Otolaryngology by Chris Harris.

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This episode was published on Feb 27, 2026.

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