Overweight 7-Year-Olds Face Higher Risk of Asthma
Quick ReadSlimming down before that age can help prevent onset of the disease, study suggests
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Children who are overweight or obese during early childhood have a greater risk of having asthma at age 8 than normal-weight kids, a new study finds.
Researchers in Sweden followed more than 2,000 children for eight years, using preschool and school health records to track their height and weight at ages 1 year, 18 months, 4 years and 7 years. Parents completed questionnaires about their child's...
