Obesity causes asthma in children

• May 6, 2024

According to information from www.nytimes.com , a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health revealed that when women who are overweight or obese become pregnant, they may be more likely to have children to develop asthma in the adolescence .

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , Claudia Canales de Meza, she shares her life story, being the mother of a patient with asthma:

The prevalence of asthma has increased considerably worldwide in recent years, so the latest study by a team of researchers from England and Finland, analyzed whether the tendency to obesity He could have played an important role in provoking her in his children.

They found that among 7 thousand adolescents, whose mothers had been overweight or obesity before becoming pregnant, and found that between 20 and 30% were more likely to have asthma or background of wheezing

Scientists have documented that women who suffer from obesity are more likely to have complications during pregnancy, including a higher risk of pregnancy. fetal deaths , premature births and gestational hypertension .

For their part, adolescents whose mothers were heavier at the time of pregnancy they were almost 50% more likely to have had a history of wheezing serious.

Excess weight during the pregnancy can have effects on a woman's metabolism, her hormonal change and ovarian activity , which in turn can alter the normal development of the fetus. A body mass index (IMC ) elevated during pregnancy can also trigger an increase in the levels of leptin , hormone that binds to the receptors in the lung fetal and may be essential for lung development in the uterus .

About 37% of adolescents around the world have some asthma symptom, if obesity is reduced in the pregnancy , asthma cases in children could also be reduced.

Control your weight, take care of your health and that of your children!