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- Childhood obesity is fuelling an asthma epidemic, experts warn
- Genetic evidence that body mass increases the risk of asthma in mid-childhood
- Health researchers suggest new BMI thresholds for ethnic communities
| Childhood obesity is fuelling an asthma epidemic, experts warn Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:41 AM PDT Scientists at Bristol University found the relative risk of asthma increased by 55 per cent for every extra unit of body mass index (BMI). |
| Genetic evidence that body mass increases the risk of asthma in mid-childhood Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:24 AM PDT Some of the increase in asthma risk toward the end of the 20th century could be attributed to the increase in body mass index in mid-childhood, according to new research published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The study, led by Raquel Granell from the University of Bristol, UK, and colleagues, provides genetic evidence that higher fat mass and lean mass increase the risk of asthma in mid ... |
| Health researchers suggest new BMI thresholds for ethnic communities Posted: 01 Jul 2014 05:57 AM PDT Health researchers have suggested new body mass index (BMI) thresholds for defining overweight and obese individuals in ethnic communities. |
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