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The researchers note that this greater understanding of the connection between diabetes onset, obesity, and dementia may help inform targeted interventions to prevent dementia.

In addition, applications of cognitive psychotherapy, even brief interventions, can help adolescents understand their symptoms and alleviate the strain they cause.

Other interventions offered included free breakfast clubs, access to key workers and catch-up sessions.

This research also opens new possibilities for personalising treatments based on how different people form and break habits, making interventions more effective.

More and better information was needed to refine Chiari type-1 diagnoses so doctors could reliably determine which cases call for which clinical interventions, if any.