(Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese children are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, according to a new study - and when they do have the condition, it tends to be more severe than in normal weight youth....
Researchers found that heavier kids and teenagers with asthma had more emergency room visits for the condition and used more "rescue" medications.
"If parents are noticing that their overweight or obese child is having asthma-like symptoms, one thing to pay attention to, instead of just addressing the asthma, is to potentially address the child's weight," said Mary Helen Black, the study's lead author from Kaiser Permanente Southern California's department of research and evaluation...
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Researchers found that heavier kids and teenagers with asthma had more emergency room visits for the condition and used more "rescue" medications.
"If parents are noticing that their overweight or obese child is having asthma-like symptoms, one thing to pay attention to, instead of just addressing the asthma, is to potentially address the child's weight," said Mary Helen Black, the study's lead author from Kaiser Permanente Southern California's department of research and evaluation...
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