Researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthma

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 15:28 in Health & Medicine

A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children with higher levels of body fat and lower levels of physical activity had greater amounts of airway narrowing after exercise.

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