Pediatric pulmonology
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Pediatric pulmonology · Dec 2014
Effects of dietary induced weight loss on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in overweight and obese children.
Previous studies showed that obesity in asthmatic children is associated with more severe exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), compared with non-obese asthmatic children. This study investigates the effect of weight loss on EIB in overweight and obese asthmatic children. ⋯ Dietary induced weight loss in overweight and obese asthmatic children leads to significant reduction in severity of EIB and improvement of the quality of life. The reduction in BMI z-score is significantly related to the improvement of EIB.