A sleep disorder that can leave people gasping for breath at night could be linked to the amount of fat on their tongues, a study suggests.
When sleep apnea patients lost weight, it was the reduction in tongue fat that lay behind the resulting improvements, researchers said.
Larger and fattier tongues are more common among obese patients.
But the Pennsylvania team said other people with fatty tongues may also be at risk of the sleep disorder.
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