Obese children are more likely to have asthma

According to an American study, overweight or obese children and adolescents are more likely to develop asthma.
The researchers said in the journal Pediatrics that research has long been linked to obesity and asthma in adults, but that it provides conflicting evidence in this regard among young people.
This study followed more than 500,000 children aged two to 17, averaging four years. Result: about 8% of these children suffered from asthma.
The study found that overweight children were 17% more likely to suffer from asthma than healthy weight children.
Young people with obesity were 26% more likely to develop asthma.
When researchers examined the link between asthma and obesity based on tests known as breathing tests, it was clear how easy it was to get the air out lungs.
The study concluded that obesity is associated with an increased risk of asthma by 29%, according to this standard. "Experts believe that abnormal lung growth associated with obesity blocks airflow," said Jason Lang, of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, northern California, author principal of the study.
He added that obesity could also carry the risk of developing metabolic heart disease, such as a high cholesterol, and the impossibility of using insulin, a hormone, to get energy through the blood sugar.