Associations between Overweight and Obesity and Asthma Outcomes in Urban Adolescents.

Conclusions: High BMI is a common comorbidity among poor, primarily African American, urban adolescents with asthma. The negative impact of being overweight or obese on quality of life or asthma control is yet to be manifested in adolescents. The findings underscore adolescence as an ideal period to safely intervene to reduce excessive body weight, which can prevent the potentially harmful effects of obesity on future asthma outcomes. PMID: 31204534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research