Early ear infections may pack on pounds later

This crap...again. Now from MSNBC.

"Adults who struggle with a sweet tooth or battle a lifelong craving for bacon may have something more than weak willpower to blame — at least those with a history of chronic childhood ear infections.

A series of new studies presented this month by taste and hearing experts suggests that repeated infections may damage a vital taste-sensing nerve in kids, perking a preference for rich foods and making them prone to weight gain later."

One thing it cannot be is overeating.

I mean, how can you have any control over your consumption when you have a history of an ear infection as a kid?

But not just any history.

"People with a serious history of childhood ear infections appear to be about 70 percent more likely to be obese than those with no history of infections, according to preliminary research at the University of Florida College of Dentistry in Gainesville."

A "serious history."

So don't joke about it.