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The Impact of Excess Weight on Asthma

A helpful guide to understanding the impact of excess weight on asthma. Whether you are overweight or obese, you are not alone – in fact you are with approximately 127 million other U.S. adults. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death and is closely linked to conditions such as Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Arthritis, Asthma, and Gum Disease. WebMD has created a special weight loss clinic to addresses this public health epidemic.

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Obesity May Raise Kids' Asthma Risks
Childhood obesity and asthma may be connected, but it's not clear which comes first. Children with an active wheeze had significantly higher BMI and a greater prevalence of obesity, write researchers. Although there is speculation that asthma predisposes to obesity by reducing physical activity, this has not been shown to be the case. However, recent studies show that obesity precedes the development of asthma.

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Obesity Raises Girls' Risk of Asthma
Add asthma to the list of health problems that obesity can cause in young women. Many parts of the world have seen an explosion in the obesity epidemic and increases in asthma. Studies have shown several possible links between the two, but an understanding of the issue remains incomplete, say researchers.

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