Being Overweight and/or Obese Leads to Worse Asthma

A new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference finds that obese people are significantly more likely to have persistent or severe persistent asthma than their thinner counterparts.

The study presented on May 23 looked at 3,059 adults with asthma, who were divided into three groups: non-overweight, overweight and obese, based on their body mass index (BMI). Compared with non-overweight asthma patients, obese patients (BMI=30) were more likely to report having continuous symptoms, have more ER visits, miss more days of work, use more rescue inhaler medications and use inhaled steroids to control asthma.

Obese patients were 66% more likely to report having asthma symptoms all of the time, were 47% less likely to be in asthma remission, and 52% more likely to have severe persistent asthma than non-overweight people with asthma. Obese asthmatics were also 36% more likely to miss more than two days of work per year due to asthma than non-overweight asthma patients.


SOURCE:
PhysOrg.com

This really does'nt surprise me very much, I mean I did'nt actually think about it,
but it's just not really surprising.

Hopefully this will be a further incentive for people to start being healthy and cease being
overweight and/or obese, in the majority cases where it is through there own actions I mean.


Comments, Opinions?

It also contributes to diabetes and apnea. That being said, you don't have to take the poison that your doctor gives you. "I have a cure for your insomnia." "Your impotence." "You inability to count." "Your small penis." I like Bob, he's funny BUT, as a people, we've got to get off of pharmacology. Eat right, take in less salt and cholesterol. Exercise a little. Your body is a machine, listen to it and treat it like you would your car. You'll go far.

BTW, have you seen the side effects of the meds they are plugging? I'M OUT!