Does asthma contribute to childhood obesity epidemic?

 In a recent study, scientists have found that asthma could give rise to childhood obesity epidemic.

University of Sourn California study showed that beyond wheezing and shortness of breath, asthma can le to bodies that make young people more susceptible to or health problems later in life.

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Senior author Lida Chatzi said asthma and obesity pack a one-two punch against children's health, which raises concerns about a public health crisis due to ir prevalence.

"Asthma is a chronic childhood disorder and if it increases risk of obesity, we can vise parents and physicians on how to treat it and intervene to help young children grow up to enjoy healthy, ult lives," Chatzi said.

For two deces, scientists have documented parallel epidemics of childhood asthma and obesity, with a focus on how obesity is a risk factor for asthma. In ults, obesity is an important risk factor for new asthma, especially among women, but relationships appear to differ in children. Few studies look at problem or way around to understand how asthma contributes to obesity in kids, which prompted scientists to undertake this research.

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On aver, scientists found that children diagsed with asthma h a 66 per cent higher risk of becoming obese than those without an asthma diagsis. For children with persistent wheezing symptoms, ir risk of developing obesity was 50 per cent greater compared to children without such symptoms. Children with active asthma were nearly twice as likely to develop obesity than those without asthma and wheezing, according to study.

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causal direction between asthma and obesity is t well understood. Asthma is regarded as a barrier to children's physical activity that might le to accumulation of fat in body, while higher doses of inhaled corticosteroids h been hyposized to increase risk of obesity in children with asthma. According to study, children with asthma who used medication h strongest risk of developing obesity. study appears in European Respiratory Journal.