The prevalences of asthma and obesity have increased substantially in recent decades in
many countries, leading to speculation that obese persons might be at increased risk of …

Background: Prevalence rates for both overweight and asthma have been increasing among
children in developed countries over the past two decades. Some recent studies have …

Objective: To investigate the influence of weight reduction on obese patients with asthma.
Design: Open study, two randomised parallel groups. Setting: Private outpatients centre …

Two thousand women were recruited for a prospective investigation of the influence of
maternal antioxidant intake in pregnancy on the development of asthma and eczema in …

Background Various lines of evidence suggest that antenatal factors are important in
determining susceptibility to atopy and asthma. One possible mechanism is cytokines …

Genetic factors cannot explain the recent rapid increase in the incidence of atopic diseases.
The phenomenon has been explained by environmental factors, and there are data for and …

The purpose of this review is to examine the rapidly expanding literature regarding the
effects of prenatal tobacco and postnatal secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure on child …

BACKGROUND Associations have been found between a large head size at birth and
atopy, and between low birth weight and obstructive airways disease. A study was …

Background We recently found that paracetamol (acetaminophen) use in late pregnancy
was associated with an increased risk of early wheezing in the offspring. Objective To see …

Background Previous studies suggest that birth weight is related to later risk of asthma.
However, few meta-analyses have investigated these associations. Therefore, we performed …