Sedentary lifestyles and increased pollution brought about by industrialization pose major
challenges to the prevention of both obesity and chronic respiratory diseases such as …

Obesity is an important public health problem. An increasing body of data supports the
hypothesis that obesity is a risk factor for asthma. These data include numerous large cross …

The aim of the Task Force was to derive continuous prediction equations and their lower
limits of normal for spirometric indices, which are applicable globally. Over 160,000 data …

Background: Obesity is becoming a serious public health issue and is related to lung
dysfunction. Because both weight and height are indicators of body size, body mass index …

Poor respiratory function and obesity are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular
disease mortality. Obese persons may also have impaired lung function, but the mechanism …

To assess smoking, obesity, and other risk factors for asthma, the authors examined 17, 605
subjects aged 12 years or more who participated in the National Population Health Survey …

Although abdominal obesity, as measured by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), has long been
recognized as a risk factor for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, little is known about …

Reduced functional residual capacity (FRC) is consistently found in obese subjects. In 10
obese subjects (mean±SE age 49.0±6 yr, weight 128.4±8 kg, body mass index 44±3 kg/m2) …

We investigated how quantitative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) measures
of emphysema and airway wall thickness (AWT) vary with sex, age and smoking history. We …

Background Lung function at the end of life depends on its peak and subsequent decline.
Because obesity is epidemic in young adulthood, we quantified age-related changes in lung …