The Guardian – Ozo Mordi
“There is an observation that asthma in children is on the increase in spite of the fact that less number of children are exposed to tobacco smoke in their home environments. The cause this time around is childhood obesity. A research which was done not long ago found that obese children were up to 60 percent more likely to develop asthma than the normal weight children. The study, which involved about 600,000 children, saw that there was a link between obesity and asthma. The asthma attack was traced to excess body fat and the extra weight on a child’s chest. Children who were on the bigger size were also believed to have more chances of having more serious symptoms that need more medical attention and drug therapy.” (more)