Tag: obesity
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Largest Pediatric Study Shows Obesity Increases Asthma Risk in Children
ORLANDO – Ten percent of pediatric asthma cases could be avoided if childhood obesity were eliminated, according to research led by Nemours Children’s Health System. The research, published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, reported on the analysis of medical records of more than 500,000 children. The study is among the…