Child's weight excess could provoke asthma disease turned out. However, the symptoms of the disease that is characterized by shortness of breath and coughing will subside if children could soon weight reduced.
The latest study shows that overweight children in the age of one year, 4 and 7 years old are at risk of double suffering asthma at the age of 8 years compared to children who have normal weight.
Researchers say obesity and the incidence of asthma at the age of children is most commonly found in the United States over several decades ago. Although a lot of research associate between asthma and overweight, but still little examined the positive effects of weight loss.
"Children can achieve normal weight at age 7 years the risk for asthma at the age of 8 years lower," said Jessica Ohman Magnusson, researchers.
He said a biological explanation could explain the link between asthma and weight. "The hormone leptin, which is retrieved from the fats, found in many levels in people who are fat. An earlier study the inflammatory response leads to leptin mentions by the immune system so that trigger asthma, "he said.