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Asthma And Obesity in Children

Obesity, on all ages, has become one of main health problems in the world since early 21^st century. And with the newest research, scientists found that asthma has a correlation with obesity. Obesity seems to increases the risk of getting asthma on children until their teenage period.

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According to the international standard measurement of obesity, obese people or children are they who have BMI higher than 30. The heavier a child weigh, the bigger his or her risk of having asthma. When these kids have succeeded to lose their weight, their asthma symptoms are usually getting better.

What Is The Correlation between Asthma And Obesity?

Researchers found out that weight increasing of an obese child can leads to respiratory tract inflammation, which is one of asthma inducers. The increasing weight will also change the child’s lung mechanical function, which at the end can cause airways hyper-responsiveness.

On the other hand, the increase of abdominal and chest walls in obese children might lower their residual capacity functional. Because of that, their airways might get narrower, as lungs volume affect the airways diameter.

There is another possibility that connects asthma and obesity. It is the breathing habits of asthmatic obese children. These children use to breathe at higher frequency but lower volume, compared to them with normal weight. This can also lead to asthma.

Last but least, exercise gives a great benefit for asthmatic children. Asthmatic children with active physical activity have these advantages in their asthma life:

Require less asthma medication
Have less absence frequency from school
Have less anxiety (which often leads to asthma)
Have less frequency of hospital visit because of asthma attack

However, most obese child tends to avoid exercise or any other physical activities, which at the end increase their risk to get asthma.

Now that we know that asthma and obesity are correlating each other, we can pay more attention to our children’s diet, lifestyle, and activities. Remember! Asthma can be avoided when it is not too late!

Recommended Books on Children Obesity

Eat This Not That! for Kids!: Be the Leanest, Fittest Family on the Block!
by: David Zinczenko

It's no secret that children are getting fatter: 17% of this country's youth are overweight or obese, and the number of diabetic children has nearly quadrupled in the past thirty years. This book is a must-have guide for concerned parents offers detailed analysis and nutritional tips on thousands of the most popular food choices for kids. Covering the best and worst options available at the most popular restaurants in the country as well as the healthiest—and most harmful—foods in the supermarket aisles, if kids are eating it, this book is probably analyzing it.

Generation XL: Raising Healthy, Intelligent Kids in a High-Tech, Junk-Food World
by: Dr. Joseph Mercola

Childhood is a pivotal time for good nutrition. Organs and blood streams nurtured with junk food cannot build a foundation for good health and longevity as an adult. This is not a diet book-far, far from it. It shows you how kids were created to eat, breathe, sleep, run, and live. At the same time, Drs. Mercola and Lerner help you change your family culture and recognize where the culture around you isn't working so you can avoid it or help to change it.

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