Introduction: There is a major epidemic of obesity, and many obese patients suffer with
respiratory symptoms and disease. The overall impact of obesity on lung function is …

There is substantial epidemiological and experimental evidence of an obesity-related
asthma phenotype. Compared to children of healthy weight, children with obesity are at …

Sex-related differences in asthma prevalence are well established and change through the
reproductive phases of life. As children, boys have increased prevalence of asthma …

The discovery of IgE represented a major breakthrough in allergy and asthma research,
whereas the clinical interest given to IgE in asthma has been blurred until the arrival of anti …

OBJECTIVES: To review the effects of physical activity on health and behavior outcomes
and develop evidence-based recommendations for physical activity in youth. STUDY …

Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease both in children and adults and
resembles a complex syndrome rather than a single disease. Different methods have been …

The recent epidemic of childhood obesity 1 has raised concern because of the possible
clinical and public health consequences. 2, 3 However, there remains a widespread …

OBJECTIVES: Adult obesity is linked to asthma cases and is estimated to lead to 250 000
new cases yearly. Similar incidence and attributable risk (AR) estimates have not been …

Rationale: In patients with community-acquired pneumonia, guidelines recommend
antibiotic treatment for 7 to 21 d. Procalcitonin is elevated in bacterial infections, and its …

A number of studies have shown gender differences in the prevalence of wheeze and
asthma. The aim of this review was to examine published results on gender differences in …