| In a study published in the December 2007 edition of the Journal of Asthma, Bay Area researchers examined the relationship between asthma prevalence and BMI in a cross-sectional survey of 471,969 adolescents using results from the California Healthy Kids Survey. The size of the survey allowed for the relationship to be investigated with much greater resolution than previously possible. Findings showed that both lifetime and current asthma prevalence increased monotonically with increasing BMI, starting with individuals as low as the 45th to 55th percentiles of BMI. The pattern was similar between males and females and among six racial/ethnic groups. The results suggest that weight reduction even among persons not classified as overweight or obese may be an important component of asthma management. To view the abstract of this study visit, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18097866?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum and to view the full article, click on the link below. |
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