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Poor Diet May Affect Teen Asthma

July 10, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

New research on asthma and diet shows that teens with poor diets may be more likely than their peers to have asthma symptoms and worse lung function.

The findings come from a study of some 2,100 teens in 12 U.S. and Canadian communities. In a nutshell, the teens with less than ideal diets were the most likely to have poorer lung function — including asthma symptoms — than their peers.

Filed Under: Diet & Weight, Pediatrics & Parenting Tagged With: asthma, diet, food, teens



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