Losing weight may help, as may having the tonsils or adenoids removed if the obstruction is severe enough to warrant surgery.

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Between ages 3 and 5 "the airway is still small but the tonsils and adenoids are at their largest, " says Jodi Mindell associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

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