Obesity worsens impact of asthma
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 13:49
in Health & Medicine
Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma and may also mask its severity in standard tests, according to researchers in New Zealand, who studied lung function in asthmatic women with a range of body mass indexes (BMIs). This is the first prospective study to reveal a significant comparative difference in how the airways and lungs respond to a simulated asthma attack in obese and non-obese individuals...
Read the whole article on Science Centric
More from Science Centric
Related
- Obesity worsens impact of asthmaThu, 1 May 2008, 5:49:17 EDT
- Obesity does not worsen asthma, but may reduce response to medicationsWed, 3 Jun 2009, 1:35:41 EDT
- Obese people with asthma have nearly 5 times greater risk of hospitalization for asthmaFri, 5 Sep 2008, 12:30:18 EDT
- K-State researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthmaFri, 12 Dec 2008, 14:44:44 EST
- Heavy breathing -- an obscure link in asthma and obesityFri, 29 Aug 2008, 10:49:45 EDT