Thursday, September 4, 2008

A Warning

According to Reuters, those who are obese have more chances for asthma. From the previous posts of this blog, it is shown that obesity is often marked with other diseases that people don't want. This should be a warning (and motivation) to try to not be obese.

Obesity makes asthma worse
Thursday Sep 4, 2008 2:37pm

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with asthma, those who are obese are nearly five times more likely than their non-obese peers to be hospitalized for asthma, new research indicates.

The findings come from a study of 1113 members of a healthcare organization who were at least 35 years of age and had active asthma.
 More...

No comments: