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Overweight exacerbates air pollution symptoms in childhood asthma
News-Medical.net Elizabeth Matsui (Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA) and colleagues recruited 148 children with persistent asthma, aged 5-17 years, to assess the influence of weight on the effects of indoor exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine … |
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Asthma risk increases for overweight and obese youths
American Medical News When treating overweight and obese youths, physicians should keep in mind that an elevated body-mass index increases one's likelihood of having asthma, said the lead author of a recent study. But the extent to which weight impacts a patient's risk of … |
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Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthma
Pediatric SuperSite Pia Hauk, MD, and colleagues from National Jewish Health in Denver studied 61 children with asthma between the ages of 2 and 18 years. Each child was evaluated according to his or her body mass index (BMI), daily inhaled corticosteroid dose and … Heavy Kids May Not Respond as Well to Asthma Meds |
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Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma
Tempo Children who are overweight or obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8 than normal-weight kids, a new study finds. Researchers in Sweden followed more than 2000 children for eight years, using preschool and school … Overweight kids at higher asthma risk |
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Overweight kids at higher asthma risk
Press TV Overweight kids who keep their extra weight as they reach the age of seven are more likely to develop childhood asthma compared to those who have reduced weight. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm followed more than 2000 Swedish … |
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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are overweight or
obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8
than normal-weight kids, a new study finds.
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Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma
U.S. News & World Report 23 (HealthDay News) — Children who are overweight or obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8 than normal-weight kids, a new study finds. Researchers in Sweden followed more than 2000 children for eight years, … |
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Overweight Kids Much More Likely To Have Asthma
Medical News Today Over the last few decades, the prevalence of asthma has increased and it is also one of the main causes for children being absent from schools. It has been revealed that children who are overweight are twice as likely to have asthma compared to … |
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Asthma Risk is Higher for Children with Overweight Mothers
ThirdAge The risk for developing asthma is higher for children with pregnant mothers who are obese in comparison to mothers of normal weight, a study in Sweden has found, Fox News reports. The study, which was conducted by both Australian institutes and Umea … Obese moms put children at higher risk of asthma Obese mothers probable to deliver asthmatic babies Obese mothers put children at higher risk of asthma |
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Asthma More Likely Among Children of Overweight Mothers
New York Times (blog) By ANAHAD O'CONNOR Women who are overweight or obese when they become pregnant may be more likely to have children who develop asthma as teenagers, new research shows. The findings could point to yet another consequence of the rising rates of obesity … Children of obese mothers face higher risk of asthma and wheezing Asthma in Teens Linked To Prepregnancy Obesity: Study Asthma risk higher in children with obese mothers |
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